What Is It Fair To Say That The Main Reason For Hitler's Rise To Power
To what extent is it fair to say that the main reason for Hitler’s rise to power in 1934 was the Wall Street Crash (WSC)?
In 1928, the Nazi Party had only twelve seats in the Reichstag, the German House of Commons; in 1929 the American economy crashed (WSC) and went into an economic depression; by 1932 the Nazis had 230 seats and in 1934 Hitler was the Führer. What part did the WSC play in this? There are 4 main points to discuss here:
1. How did the Wall Street Crash affect Germany?
2. How did it impact or allow the Hitler and the Nazis’ rise to power?
3. Did anything or anyone directly help Hitler or the Nazis between 1929 and 1934?
4. Was there anything that happened other than the Wall Street Crash that could have given the Nazis …show more content…
During 1932 another election was held and the Nazis lost 2 million votes and 38 Reichstag seats however, this was due to low turnout and the still had 37.2% of the vote. Despite this Hitler regarded the election as a disaster and is rumoured to have threatened suicide; yet in 1933 Hitler was legally sworn in as German Chancellor. Why? Because he was directly helped. The Chancellor in 1932 was von Papen, a friend of President Hindenburg, and he was struggling to solve the unemployment issue. He was losing support fast and Hindenburg replaced him with one of his advisers, Kurt von Schneider; he kept von Papen as a close adviser. However within a month Schneider was forced to resign and Hindenburg overthrew the principles of democracy again by assuming emergency powers. Throughout early 1933 Hindenburg, von Papen, leading industrialists and military leaders began meeting in secret. They figured that since the Nazis didn’t have a majority in the cabinet, and if they had von Papen as Vice Chancellor, they would be able to use Hitler’s popularity to their advantage and solve their problems, while still limiting his influence and resisting his demands. Hitler was still a very popular man remember, even despite a slight fall in Nazi popularity, and von Papen and Hindenburg were relying on HIS popularity, not the Nazi party’s. On 30th January 1933 Hitler was offered the position of Chancellor which he gladly accepted. Once he was Chancellor he formed a coalition with the DNVP (German Nationalist Party) and gained himself a majority in the Reichstag. This shows that despite the WSC’s initial help in giving the Nazis a kick-start, it was Hitler as a man and his popularity, along with the help of some powerful men who simply underestimated Hitler that helped him gain an actual position of power in the German government. Another thing was that the German public had experienced two brief examples of living under a dictatorship the two times that Hindenburg used his emergency
In 1928, the Nazi Party had only twelve seats in the Reichstag, the German House of Commons; in 1929 the American economy crashed (WSC) and went into an economic depression; by 1932 the Nazis had 230 seats and in 1934 Hitler was the Führer. What part did the WSC play in this? There are 4 main points to discuss here:
1. How did the Wall Street Crash affect Germany?
2. How did it impact or allow the Hitler and the Nazis’ rise to power?
3. Did anything or anyone directly help Hitler or the Nazis between 1929 and 1934?
4. Was there anything that happened other than the Wall Street Crash that could have given the Nazis …show more content…
During 1932 another election was held and the Nazis lost 2 million votes and 38 Reichstag seats however, this was due to low turnout and the still had 37.2% of the vote. Despite this Hitler regarded the election as a disaster and is rumoured to have threatened suicide; yet in 1933 Hitler was legally sworn in as German Chancellor. Why? Because he was directly helped. The Chancellor in 1932 was von Papen, a friend of President Hindenburg, and he was struggling to solve the unemployment issue. He was losing support fast and Hindenburg replaced him with one of his advisers, Kurt von Schneider; he kept von Papen as a close adviser. However within a month Schneider was forced to resign and Hindenburg overthrew the principles of democracy again by assuming emergency powers. Throughout early 1933 Hindenburg, von Papen, leading industrialists and military leaders began meeting in secret. They figured that since the Nazis didn’t have a majority in the cabinet, and if they had von Papen as Vice Chancellor, they would be able to use Hitler’s popularity to their advantage and solve their problems, while still limiting his influence and resisting his demands. Hitler was still a very popular man remember, even despite a slight fall in Nazi popularity, and von Papen and Hindenburg were relying on HIS popularity, not the Nazi party’s. On 30th January 1933 Hitler was offered the position of Chancellor which he gladly accepted. Once he was Chancellor he formed a coalition with the DNVP (German Nationalist Party) and gained himself a majority in the Reichstag. This shows that despite the WSC’s initial help in giving the Nazis a kick-start, it was Hitler as a man and his popularity, along with the help of some powerful men who simply underestimated Hitler that helped him gain an actual position of power in the German government. Another thing was that the German public had experienced two brief examples of living under a dictatorship the two times that Hindenburg used his emergency