Assess the role of each of the following in the rise to power of Hitler: ideological appeal; underestimation by opponents; propaganda. The historical debate surrounding the causal factors of the rise of the Nazi state in Germany by 1933 is fierce. Marxist historians‚ emphasising the idea that Nazism was no more than capitalism’s most extreme form‚ tend to view Hitler as a puppet of big business. Others‚ including renowned scholars such as AJP Taylor stress the idea that Hitler and the Nazi’s were
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took steps toward making Germany a powerful country. In Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution of 1919‚ it stated that the
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How important was Hitler’s personality compared to the Wall Street Crash in his election to the role of Chancellor in January 1933? By Arizona Calliope There are many factors that contribute to Hitler’s rise to power from his personality to the Wall Street Crash. They are all important factors that helped him win the elections and become Chancellor in January 1933. The point of this essay is to describe how Hitler’s personality‚ the Wall Street Crash‚ the Political Crisis‚ the Nazi’s being Anti-Communist
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As Foreign Minister‚ Stresemann had numerous achievements. His first notable achievement was the Dawes Plan of 1924‚ which reduced Germany’s overall reparations commitment and reorganized the Reichsbank. His second success was the Locarno Treaties with Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ and Belgium‚ signed in October 1925 at Locarno. Germany officially recognized the post World War I western border for the first time‚ and was guaranteed peace with France‚ and promised admission to the League of Nations and
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the Nazis “became Keynesians before Keynes‚” when during the same period the Roosevelt New Deal was failing to bring the US unemployment rate down to single digits. All three authors trace the idea for credit‐financed expansion back to the previous Weimar government and to the Nazi Sofortprogramm contained in a 1932 political manifesto that was “widely circulated in pamphlet form . . . during the campaign
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Britain showed respect to Germany. The things that Germany didn’t like is that it made Germany seem weak or not strong enough to defend themselves from French‚ other than become friends with them. Also Gustav Stresemann was appointed Chancellor of Weimar after the death of Ebert. One of the reasons that Gustav Stresemann was a significant person is that‚ he made Germany to become a member of the League of Nations. The way he did this is that at first the French teased Germany for what had happen
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the social democrats were failing. The Nazi party were able to take advantage of the economic depression as they had promised both food and jobs for people so Germany had some hope left in them to help get Germany out of the depression because the Weimar failed to do so. Communism made the great depression worse because people felt insecure and had more to worry about. Another reason which led to
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Ariana Reeve How and why did Hitler and the Nazis come to power in January 1933? Hitler’s rise to power cannot be attributed to one event‚ but a mixture of factors these included events happening outside Germany‚ the strengths of the Nazi party‚ and the weaknesses of other parties in Germany. Hitler used these factors to his advantage and in 1933 when he gained power to become chancellor. One of the reasons Hitler came to power were his own personal qualities. Hitler was a driven determined and
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issues such as the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depsression. Germany changed from a true representative democracy to the extreme dictatorship‚ Nazis totalitarian state. In general‚ the appointment of Hitler as chancellor signified the end of republic and democracy in Germany. But now‚ the question is‚ how did Hitler manage to gain his position of chancellorship? The answer focuses on the economic situation in the world during that period of time. The whole world was suffering from the Great Depression
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depression‚ anarchy and social upheaval. The general citizens were all desperately searching for someone to take charge of the situation‚ and someone did‚ the Nazi party. The Nazi party was able to gain power for a number of reasons; they used the last Weimar government’s mistakes to their advantage‚ they also used their current state of economic troubles to leverage people on to their side‚ but they also used the help of a man‚ Hitler; they used Hitler’s charismatic personality to gain popularity with
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