Hitler had big ambitions and he was finally starting to fulfil them. Hitler‚ like many other political leaders thought that the Weimar Republic was weak. He promised to take back the Treaty of Versailles by reclaiming land and re-arming Germany. In 1918 Hitler created powerful propaganda to make people believe that he was Germany’s last hope and that the Weimar Republic had stabbed Germany in the back by ending the war when Germany had a chance to win‚ this had been a waste of time as Hitler had
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A major consequence of the fall of the Weimar republic was the Establishment of Hitler’s Dictatorship‚ The removal opposition 1933-34. Leading up to this took place of many events‚ including the Reichstag fire where a young communist was found guilty‚ which Hitler used as an excuse to smash the communists. Hitler than had persuaded Hindenburg to sign the Decree of Independence to protect Germanys state and people. Following that Hitler than became chancellor in January 1933 and carried out his plan
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Nazi Germany 1918 - 1939 November 1918: Germany surrenders and the Kaiser abdicates. Germany becomes a Republic. June 28th 1919: Treaty of Versailles Germany are forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles (November Criminals)‚ which many Germans describe as a ‘Diktat’. The Weimar Constitution (rules) is set up which makes Germany a democracy with a President‚ Chancellor and a Reichstag‚ elected by proportional representation. January 4th to January 15th: The Spartakist Uprising led by Communist
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Why did Hitler gain power in 1933? The Weimar Republic established at the end of the First World War in 1018 was flawed from the outset‚ and this was a major reason why Hitler was able to gain power in 1933‚ along with the worldwide economic depression after Wall Street crashed‚ and a political deal set up by the “Old Gang”. Initially‚ the Weimar government was unstable because the constitution introduced a system of Reichstag elections based on Proportional Representation‚ in which the per cent
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German people during his reign. Hitler came into power when the weak Weimar republic were giving into the Treaty of Versailles‚ this only made the republic weaker and causing them to lose their army and their money. Germany tried to find a stronger leader who could lead them out of depression during the time of the treaty‚ when Hitler came into power he created the Nazi party who convinced the public that they could fix the problems in Germany. When the Nazi party was in power they helped the unemployment
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in the years following World War I because they had provided a focus for Germany’s problems. Less than three years after German’s economy had somewhat stabilized‚ it went in to a severe economic depression along with the rest of the Western world in 1929. During the years of economic depression the Weimar Republic‚ who ruled Germany from 1919 to 1933‚ was criticized for not being able to deal with Germany’s problems effectively and efficiently. The Communist and the National Socialist Parties were
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seeing as they relied heavily on loans from America to keep their economy going. This made the Nazi party grow because people started to lose faith in the Weimar Republic and wanted a strong party and leader to turn to. This was important for the growth of the Nazi party because if this hadn’t happened then people would still trust the Weimar Republic. The communist threat was a less important reason why the Nazi party grew in the years 1929-1932. In Russia communism had taken over‚ this meant that
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How was the Stresemann era a successful period for the Weimar Republic? Gustav Stresemann became the German Chancellor in August 1923. A committed nationalist‚ he also believed that Germany’s problems could only be solved by negotiating with other countries. In 1923‚ the German economy was in ruins‚ as hyperinflation had caused the German currency to lose its worth to foreign countries. When Stresemann came to power he introduced the Rentenmark‚ a new currency and reduced government spending
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many things were put into practise to help the Nazi consolidation of power. Hitler was appointed Chancellor in a very legal fashion as Hindenburg enabled him to have the status in a strictly legal way in accordance to the constitution of the Weimar Republic. However‚ in order for Hitler to gain the dictatorship he so desperately wanted‚ many other acts of legislation came to light within 1933 that seemed legal but in a more twisted way by Hitler. Legislation‚ among other things‚ helped bring Hitler
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concerns with the ‘purity of blood’ started to arise. In 1919‚ Hitler joined a political party created and developed during the post-World War I era – the Nazi party. It was anti-Marxist and was opposed to the democratic post-war government (Weimar Republic) and the Treaty of Versailles; and it promoted extreme Nationalism as well as Pan-Germanism and anti-Semitism. In 1923‚ Hitler and General Ludendorff attempted a coup
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