Why Did Hitler Become Chancellor
It is clear the Economic Depression in Germany after 1929 was mostly responsible for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in 1933; however there were also other major factors that contributed to his appointment. In summary the main reasons for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor apart from the global Economic depression are the following: the strength, popularity and power of the Nazi Party, and the ineffectual leadership of the Weimar Republic. Next there is the sly political scheming of key individuals such as Von Papen, Hitler, Hindenburg and Von Schleicher. Finally there are other small causes such as the disruption of communism and the long-term impact of the Treaty of Versailles. All these other factors are evidence that the Economic Depression was not only to blame but evidence demonstrates it was undeniably the focal factor.
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Depression was the fundamental element that rewarded Hitler with the Chancellorship. The Depression was solely to blame for the change in power for several distinctive reasons. The impact on the Weimar Republic was catastrophic, and it is highly likely that if it were not for the economic depression then possibly the Weimar Republic would have stayed in power. The Weimar was successful prior to the depression; however the complete wreck of the economy in Germany resulted in chaos and the loss of popularity for the Weimar Republic. A causing factor of the depression in Germany was the Wall Street crash that resulted in America demanding their loans back. This effectively set off the depression that consequently changed power to Hitler. The Economic Depression resulted in the collapse of markets and moral in Germany; and the whole unhappy nation looked to new leadership as an effective way of resolving the problem. Another effect the Economic depression had on Hitler becoming Chancellor is that it resulted in the large increase of popularity in extreme parties such as the Nazi’s; this is because the public wanted a dynamic change, this therefore resulted in the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor. On the contrasting side of the argument is the fact that the Nazi’s also attempted to take over power earlier on in the 1920’s when Germany suffered their own post WWI Depression, resulting in economic catastrophe via gross quantitative easing. This significant point is the Nazi’s also attempted to take over in this economic crisis nevertheless failed rather embarrassingly. This supports the other side of the argument that the Economic depression wasn’t predominantly to blame for Hitler’s rise to power; however overall the evidence for unquestionably outweighs the evidence against the Economic Depression being mostly responsible for Hitler’s rise to power.
Questionably the second most important reason for Hitler’s rise to power is the strength of the Nazi Party at the time; evidence argues that the Economic depression was not completely responsible for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor and is another major reason why Hitler came to power. Firstly, the Nazi Party was very popular with the German people after 1929, as a result of the failure of the Weimar and the Economic Depression. However the power and popularity of the Nazi Party was a result of their own hard work and policies. First of all and undoubtedly most responsible for success, was the Nazi’s flawless propaganda agenda run by Joseph Goebbels who was a propaganda genius and drove huge popularity for the Nazi Party. He succeeded in installing Hitler to power, the Parties primary aim. Goebbels achieved this through several different methods from using the latest techniques including print, film, posters and radio. As a result this improved the popularity and name of the Nazi Party which was edging ever more powerful. Another important factor of the Nazi’s strength was Hitler’s personal charisma and his incredible public image and persuasive speaking which could easily win over large crowds to make them support his party; this resulted in a large amount of respect and faith in Hitler from the public that consequently made Hitler the Chancellor. The Nazi’s gained more power with a less conventional but still effective way; through intimidation and force by his storm troopers and the SS, Hitler’s private fanatical Army, before he gained control of the Wehrmacht. The result of this was that other parties feared the Nazi’s that made them stronger and more powerful as the public would support them out of apprehension. The Nazi’s became more all-powerful and eventually Hitler became Der Führer, The Leader of Germany. A significant reason why Hitler came to power was because of the policies he promised; the people of Germany severely needed a change after the Great Depression and that was exactly what Hitler offered. This made more people support the Nazi’s and strengthened them. Two further reasons why the Nazi’s gained popularity was because of Hitler’s book he wrote during his time in Jail (Meinkampf) and because of the scapegoats he used. This benefited the Nazi party because Hitler wrote about a very bright future for the Germany that made the public support him; in addition Hitler fuelled hatred of the Jews and Communists as a scapegoat for the difficulties of the German people that made the Nazi’s gain power and the Jews and Communists lose influence dramatically. Overall all these points come back to promote Nazi popularity in Germany which is a significant fact of evidence against the Economic Depression being solely responsible for Hitler’s rise to power.
An alternative cause of Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor was the weakness of the Weimar Republic. However it is vital to know that the failure of the Weimar was predominantly down to the results of the strict Treaty of Versailles and the Economic Depression making it almost impossible to successfully administer Germany. Nevertheless the Weimar Republic is somewhat to blame for its own failure and the rise of the Nazi party. The first element of the Weimar failure was of course the Treaty of Versailles; although this point was hardly the fault of the Weimar it is still a weakness of the Weimar that resulted in their failure and the employment of Hitler as Chancellor. The first reason why this severely weakened the Weimar was because of the reparations Germany had to pay for starting WWI that was around 6 billion pounds split fairly between the allies. This instantly put the Weimar in a weak position; also seeing as another result of Versailles was specific restrictions on Germany’s major industries it was impossible to pay back the reparations single handedly. The Weimar was therefore constantly struggling economically until the loans from America that later went on to backfire and become a major factor to Hitler’s rise to power; this relates back to Versailles because without the limitations set Germany would most likely not have needed loans from America and consequently not have been hit so very hard by the global Economic Depression. A weakness of the Weimar that was not only caused by Versailles and resulted in Hitler becoming the Führer was the hyperinflation in Germany during the 1920’s. This was a result of an economic panic in Germany that made the Weimar frantically decide to print off money in hope to restore the economy to its previous respectable state. However instead of repairing the market the printing of money only resulted in huge hyperinflation that cruelly affected the public of Germany who found their long saved money turn into almost nothing. The product of this was the extreme aggravation of the public and the loss in support of the Weimar that concluded to the change in power to the Nazi’s and Hitler. A significant weakness of the Weimar Republic was the fact they held government with multiple small parties that made it very hard for the Weimar to form coalitions and other things along those lines for example passing legalization and effectively debating because of the rights of these small hindering parties. This weakened the Weimar considerably as they otherwise would have been able to enforce laws to make them stronger, because they could not do this the Nazi Party capitalized and Hitler became Chancellor partly because of this reason.
An extremely important cause of Hitler’s rise to power was the political scheming of himself, Hindenburg and Von Papen.
First of all there is the idea of the temporary triangle; this is a cartoon made around the time shows in a peculiar fashion the idea that Hitler only became Chancellor because of the help of Von Papen and Hindenburg. After Von Papen had been replaced as Chancellor he thought that he could use and control Hitler and the Nazi’s because of their popularity in Germany. Of course Von Papen seriously underestimated Hitler and had no control at all; however his actions did benefit Hitler as he managed to persuade Hindenburg to make Hitler chancellor in the hope of his own power. An important fact to take out of this that is shown brilliantly in the temporary triangle was that Hitler was reliant on Von Papen and Hindenburg to get to power. Without the attempted scheming of Von Papen Hitler arguably would not have come to power. This is a major factor against the Economic Depression being solely to blame for Hitler’s rise to power as this is another major reason and is unrelated to the Depression
completely.
Finally the last few less vital factors causing Hitler’s rise to power were, first of all the disruption of Communism. This could be part of the Nazi strength but it is very significant in the whole scheme of Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor. The Nazi’s successfully used the Communists as a scapegoat for all the negatives in Germany which not only made the Communists drastically less popular but also increased significantly the popularity of the Nazi’s as well. This undoubtedly was a factor for Hitler’s rise to power because if the Communists had remained sizable and a threat in Germany then possibly the Nazi Party may have not come to power and Hitler would not have been the Führer. The final noteworthy factor that has again already been mentioned is the Treaty of Versailles; as said this was solely responsible for the failure of the Weimar Republic and eventually helped Hitler become Chancellor by eliminating opposition who failed because of the laws made by the treaty. Overall the treaty had a huge effect on Hitler’s rise to power that again is substantial evidence against the Economic depression being solely responsible.
In conclusion I believe the Economic Depression was definitely predominantly to blame for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor; however the evidence above proves that it was unquestionably not the only reason for it. The main reason why I decided that the Economic Depression was mostly to blame was for the vital evidence that as the Economic Depression passed and the economy began to recover the Nazi’s slowly began to become less popular again. This essential evidence verifies the Economic Depression was mostly to blame. The other crucial reason why I argue the Depression was principally responsible is because even though there is a lot of evidence against it; generally most of this evidence versus it is in some way related to the Depression and a result of the Depression. For these two main reasons I think despite all the other factors the Economic Depression is still mostly responsible for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in Germany in 1933.
The Economic …show more content…
Depression was the fundamental element that rewarded Hitler with the Chancellorship. The Depression was solely to blame for the change in power for several distinctive reasons. The impact on the Weimar Republic was catastrophic, and it is highly likely that if it were not for the economic depression then possibly the Weimar Republic would have stayed in power. The Weimar was successful prior to the depression; however the complete wreck of the economy in Germany resulted in chaos and the loss of popularity for the Weimar Republic. A causing factor of the depression in Germany was the Wall Street crash that resulted in America demanding their loans back. This effectively set off the depression that consequently changed power to Hitler. The Economic Depression resulted in the collapse of markets and moral in Germany; and the whole unhappy nation looked to new leadership as an effective way of resolving the problem. Another effect the Economic depression had on Hitler becoming Chancellor is that it resulted in the large increase of popularity in extreme parties such as the Nazi’s; this is because the public wanted a dynamic change, this therefore resulted in the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor. On the contrasting side of the argument is the fact that the Nazi’s also attempted to take over power earlier on in the 1920’s when Germany suffered their own post WWI Depression, resulting in economic catastrophe via gross quantitative easing. This significant point is the Nazi’s also attempted to take over in this economic crisis nevertheless failed rather embarrassingly. This supports the other side of the argument that the Economic depression wasn’t predominantly to blame for Hitler’s rise to power; however overall the evidence for unquestionably outweighs the evidence against the Economic Depression being mostly responsible for Hitler’s rise to power.
Questionably the second most important reason for Hitler’s rise to power is the strength of the Nazi Party at the time; evidence argues that the Economic depression was not completely responsible for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor and is another major reason why Hitler came to power. Firstly, the Nazi Party was very popular with the German people after 1929, as a result of the failure of the Weimar and the Economic Depression. However the power and popularity of the Nazi Party was a result of their own hard work and policies. First of all and undoubtedly most responsible for success, was the Nazi’s flawless propaganda agenda run by Joseph Goebbels who was a propaganda genius and drove huge popularity for the Nazi Party. He succeeded in installing Hitler to power, the Parties primary aim. Goebbels achieved this through several different methods from using the latest techniques including print, film, posters and radio. As a result this improved the popularity and name of the Nazi Party which was edging ever more powerful. Another important factor of the Nazi’s strength was Hitler’s personal charisma and his incredible public image and persuasive speaking which could easily win over large crowds to make them support his party; this resulted in a large amount of respect and faith in Hitler from the public that consequently made Hitler the Chancellor. The Nazi’s gained more power with a less conventional but still effective way; through intimidation and force by his storm troopers and the SS, Hitler’s private fanatical Army, before he gained control of the Wehrmacht. The result of this was that other parties feared the Nazi’s that made them stronger and more powerful as the public would support them out of apprehension. The Nazi’s became more all-powerful and eventually Hitler became Der Führer, The Leader of Germany. A significant reason why Hitler came to power was because of the policies he promised; the people of Germany severely needed a change after the Great Depression and that was exactly what Hitler offered. This made more people support the Nazi’s and strengthened them. Two further reasons why the Nazi’s gained popularity was because of Hitler’s book he wrote during his time in Jail (Meinkampf) and because of the scapegoats he used. This benefited the Nazi party because Hitler wrote about a very bright future for the Germany that made the public support him; in addition Hitler fuelled hatred of the Jews and Communists as a scapegoat for the difficulties of the German people that made the Nazi’s gain power and the Jews and Communists lose influence dramatically. Overall all these points come back to promote Nazi popularity in Germany which is a significant fact of evidence against the Economic Depression being solely responsible for Hitler’s rise to power.
An alternative cause of Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor was the weakness of the Weimar Republic. However it is vital to know that the failure of the Weimar was predominantly down to the results of the strict Treaty of Versailles and the Economic Depression making it almost impossible to successfully administer Germany. Nevertheless the Weimar Republic is somewhat to blame for its own failure and the rise of the Nazi party. The first element of the Weimar failure was of course the Treaty of Versailles; although this point was hardly the fault of the Weimar it is still a weakness of the Weimar that resulted in their failure and the employment of Hitler as Chancellor. The first reason why this severely weakened the Weimar was because of the reparations Germany had to pay for starting WWI that was around 6 billion pounds split fairly between the allies. This instantly put the Weimar in a weak position; also seeing as another result of Versailles was specific restrictions on Germany’s major industries it was impossible to pay back the reparations single handedly. The Weimar was therefore constantly struggling economically until the loans from America that later went on to backfire and become a major factor to Hitler’s rise to power; this relates back to Versailles because without the limitations set Germany would most likely not have needed loans from America and consequently not have been hit so very hard by the global Economic Depression. A weakness of the Weimar that was not only caused by Versailles and resulted in Hitler becoming the Führer was the hyperinflation in Germany during the 1920’s. This was a result of an economic panic in Germany that made the Weimar frantically decide to print off money in hope to restore the economy to its previous respectable state. However instead of repairing the market the printing of money only resulted in huge hyperinflation that cruelly affected the public of Germany who found their long saved money turn into almost nothing. The product of this was the extreme aggravation of the public and the loss in support of the Weimar that concluded to the change in power to the Nazi’s and Hitler. A significant weakness of the Weimar Republic was the fact they held government with multiple small parties that made it very hard for the Weimar to form coalitions and other things along those lines for example passing legalization and effectively debating because of the rights of these small hindering parties. This weakened the Weimar considerably as they otherwise would have been able to enforce laws to make them stronger, because they could not do this the Nazi Party capitalized and Hitler became Chancellor partly because of this reason.
An extremely important cause of Hitler’s rise to power was the political scheming of himself, Hindenburg and Von Papen.
First of all there is the idea of the temporary triangle; this is a cartoon made around the time shows in a peculiar fashion the idea that Hitler only became Chancellor because of the help of Von Papen and Hindenburg. After Von Papen had been replaced as Chancellor he thought that he could use and control Hitler and the Nazi’s because of their popularity in Germany. Of course Von Papen seriously underestimated Hitler and had no control at all; however his actions did benefit Hitler as he managed to persuade Hindenburg to make Hitler chancellor in the hope of his own power. An important fact to take out of this that is shown brilliantly in the temporary triangle was that Hitler was reliant on Von Papen and Hindenburg to get to power. Without the attempted scheming of Von Papen Hitler arguably would not have come to power. This is a major factor against the Economic Depression being solely to blame for Hitler’s rise to power as this is another major reason and is unrelated to the Depression
completely.
Finally the last few less vital factors causing Hitler’s rise to power were, first of all the disruption of Communism. This could be part of the Nazi strength but it is very significant in the whole scheme of Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor. The Nazi’s successfully used the Communists as a scapegoat for all the negatives in Germany which not only made the Communists drastically less popular but also increased significantly the popularity of the Nazi’s as well. This undoubtedly was a factor for Hitler’s rise to power because if the Communists had remained sizable and a threat in Germany then possibly the Nazi Party may have not come to power and Hitler would not have been the Führer. The final noteworthy factor that has again already been mentioned is the Treaty of Versailles; as said this was solely responsible for the failure of the Weimar Republic and eventually helped Hitler become Chancellor by eliminating opposition who failed because of the laws made by the treaty. Overall the treaty had a huge effect on Hitler’s rise to power that again is substantial evidence against the Economic depression being solely responsible.
In conclusion I believe the Economic Depression was definitely predominantly to blame for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor; however the evidence above proves that it was unquestionably not the only reason for it. The main reason why I decided that the Economic Depression was mostly to blame was for the vital evidence that as the Economic Depression passed and the economy began to recover the Nazi’s slowly began to become less popular again. This essential evidence verifies the Economic Depression was mostly to blame. The other crucial reason why I argue the Depression was principally responsible is because even though there is a lot of evidence against it; generally most of this evidence versus it is in some way related to the Depression and a result of the Depression. For these two main reasons I think despite all the other factors the Economic Depression is still mostly responsible for Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in Germany in 1933.