How Hitler rose to power
At the end of the war Germany underwent a rapid political restructuring. Following this transition from authoritarian monarchy to democratic republic, Weimar Germany immediately began to display weaknesses that it would ultimately never fix. Germany had to create a government that the Allies would be prepared to negotiate with, so Hindenburg ordered a government which had the support of the Reichstag. When Kaiser William II fled the country, Germany could still have remained a monarchy, as William's son was eligible for the throne. The Weimar Republic was not based on strong public convictions, which must, in part, explain its weakness. There were many flaws in thew Weimar Republic. Weimar had great problems gaining acceptance throughout Germany, too. The terribly harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles angered Germans, especially the military everywhere and many directed their resentment at the Weimar government who signed the Treaty. Defeat in a large-scale war always s!ignals the beginning of a difficult period for a nation. Following World War I, Germany was virtually crushed by the harsh demands of the Treaty of Versailles. The German economy was weighed down heavily by the enormous reparatio
than the Nazis were banned. In elections at the end of 1933, the Nazis, of course, won the Nazis were able to take over the state. Trade unions were abolished, the SA and SS vigorously - Hitler travelled by plane all across Germany, around 300 political meetings were held each day, and Joseph Goebbels propagandised the nation. In the April elections Hindenburg was returned to power but Hitler was able to gain 37% of the Reichstag, Hitler did not believe in the democratic process. He persuaded the parliament , paralleling the dramatic drops in the value of the reichsmark. It is true that the Reichsbank printed more and more money to the point where over 44 trillion marks was in circulation. Some historians argue that the Weimar government did this deliberately, to devalue their currency, making it cheaper to pay reparations. The downside of this was that middle and working class Germans lost their savings and the value of their wages. For instance in November 1923, the cost of a loaf of bread in Berlin was about 201 billion marks! second-round vote. In the 1930s, paramilitary groups rose in prominence. These groups, made mainly of ex-army soldiers, were often used by political parties to gain control of the streets and 'put some muscle behind the words.' The Nazi paramilitary consisted of the SA and the SS, and Hindenburg banned these two groups in April 1932. The current chancellor at that time, Papen instigated a ten man 'Cabinet of Barons' but it received no support in the Reichstag. In meetings with Papen and presidential advisor Kurt von Schleicher, Hitler gave the impression that he would support a new government if the ban on the SA and SS was lifted. Papen and Schleicher played into Hitler's hands as the Reichstag was dissolved and the ban lifted. all the seats. The only thing that stood in the way of Hitler's total dictat
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