Who or what was responsible for Hitler's rise to power? Many believe that there was only one factor for his rise to power. Some state that Hitler could not have risen to power in any other than Germany, implying that he was nothing more than a product of German culture. Others say that Hitler made himself dictator by means of his political genius. And yet still others claim that it was the weak democratic government of the Weimar Republic or Germany's social and economic scene in the 1930's that made the people restless and ready for a dictator to come to power. There was no sole cause for Hitler's rise to power. There were two. The political and economic chaos of the 1920's and the 1930's joined forces with German culture that enabled Hitler to rise to power. Both play an equal part. Together, both reasons fit together like pieces of a puzzle, to create a unique situation for Hitler's rise.
Hitler was in part a product of German culture. German culture stands out as particularly aggressive and racist. The values and ideas found in this culture's history
inspired Hitler to do many things that he did and can explain in part why he felt the way he did on certain issues (Stern).
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Lang, von Jochen. Adolf Hitler Faces of a Dictator. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World Inc., 1968.
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