The failure of the Weimar government was a major factor for the increasing support for the NSDAP. The Weimar Government gave the German people a new opportunity to participate in the political process. However the Weimar Government's failure was due to this fact. The voting system that was set up, that of proportional representation, allowed for the inclusion of many small parties in the Reichstag. This meant that no single party ever had an overall majority in the Reichstag and therefore co-operation of parties in coalition governments was needed in order for democracy to work in Germany. When the co-operation of the parties fell apart, when Muller and Bruning had a falling out over cuts in

unemployment benefits, the slide towards dictatorship began as Bruning and the Center party found themselves in government alone. Bruning tried to keep his government going without a majority in the Reichstag by asking the President, Paul Von Hindenburg, to use Article 48 of the Constitution. This meant laws could be issued under emergency powers rather then go through the Reichstag. Hindenburg was sympathetic with the right wing and impatient with democracy and this meant he was willing to use Article 48 regularly, whereas the original intention was that is should be used only occasionally and in an emergency. Between 1930-1932 the Reichstag sat less frequently decreasing from 94 times in 1930 to a mere 13 times in 1932. The situation became more serious in 1932 and 1933 when Bruning was replaced as Chancellor by, von Papen and von Schleicher, who were not attached to any party but who wanted to end democracy in the Republic. Article 48 of the Constitution, which ad been intended to save democracy in times of need, was now used as a weapon against democracy and thus led to the increasing support of the extremist parties namely the NSDAP. It is because of these reasons as to why the Weimar Government failed that the German population increased their support of the NSDAP. The German people saw that democracy was failing and that the only hope was in that of the extremes of the NSDAP and it is for this reason that the failure of the Weimar Government can be considered as a major factor to the increased support of the NSDAP during the period 1923 to 1936.

Hitler's coming to power is also a major fact as to why the NSDAP experienced an increase in support. Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor on 21 March 1933. Hindenburg wished to gain the support of the NSDAP but also thought that he could control Hitler, he was mistaken. In order to insure support of the NSDAP Hitler wished to suppress all other political parties. Hitler used the Reichstag fire and placed the blame on the communists, using the opportunity to issue an emergency decree as a defensive measure against communist violence. The decree legalised the terror tactics of the NSDAP allowing the SA to arrest opponents and put them in concentration camps. Hitl

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