What are three factors that helped Hitler gain power in Germany in the 1930's?

Answer 1

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1. economic depression of germany
2. hitlers promises to bring germany once again to the forefront of the world and make it a powerful country again
3. the germans wanted revenge for ww1

Answer 2

The first factor was the Treaty of Versilles. Before this generally the loser of a war usually conceded territory and paid a small sum. Or tribute. Or was taken over. But world war I being such a unprecendented horrible and costly war the powers that won it were determined to put in the boot. Especially France who had three times in a century seen German(Prussian) armies invade their country. This treaty was harsh and offended German pride and brought them low. Especially when they had fought so valiantly against great odds and had come within a hairs breadth of winning. Many Germans felt that only a man who promised to scrap it was worthy of supreme power.
The second was the depression. The depression hit Germany very hard, harder than the Western Democracies. This drove many into the hands of someone who talked no nonesence and promised to do whatever it took to get them out of the depression. Which he did. If it were not for the depression, Hitler would not have gained power. But the suffering of many made it easy for the Nazis to win people over. Especially when they could blame someone convenient and near as a scapegoat.
The third reason was the inate conservatism and racist leanings of the German people between the years 1815 and 1945. If you see some propaganda posters of world war one you will find the allies put things like WE WILL LIBERATE OR DEFEND. The Germans were the only ones to put things like WE WILL CONQURE. All throughout the 19th century there was a steady development in the ideas of social darwinism and racial eugenics. Some of this was propogated by an English immigrant called Joseph Chamberlain. Also between the wars you had many many right wing and racist organisations. This is not to say that all or even most Germans were racists or even extreme right wing. However there were enough especially with the other two reasons to swing it. Also Germany did not have the tradition of liberal democracy that the wes had. There whole society leaned towards the right, although there were for a time large parties of the left. But most Germans distained them and looked right in their politics. For I wonder what reception Hitler would have had if he had have been born in the western democracies in the same circumstances.
There takes a variety of reasons for a people to vote in an extemist party. Usually they have to be pushed to the brink. But also there must be something within their sociology. Remember that thought Hitler did not win the 1933 election outright, his party was still by large the largest party comming out of that election. And he did enough allies to help in govern in the first instance when he got there. There is a lesson here, desperate people do desperate things. Hope this helps you.

Answer 3

Rampant inflation. so bad talking whole wheel barrow full of money just to buy loaf of bread.
Rampant unemployment due to depression world wide, but was hitting Germany especially hard because it had not recovered from effects of World War One.
Government completely effective in dealing with rebuilding Germany from WW I
Excessive war debt from WW I German broke and unable to repay.
Excessive Retributions: (money in fines, penalties, rebuilding cost) German was having to pay to France, England and other Counties German fought against in WW I as punishment for Germany starting the war.
German's hatred of treaty forced on it at end of WW I: It's military's size severally limited, The size of German's Navy severally restricted it could have any battleships or any warship larger than a cruiser class then only limited number of them. Lost all of it colonies in Asia and Africa to British and French etc.
Also did not like the Austria-Hungarian Empire of which German was a main part being split up by Allies after defeat of WW I.
Allies also restricted products Germany could manufacture for export as part of treaty.

Those are just a few of the factors which helped Hilter gain power in the 1930's. Added all together they made Germany a second class nation in Europe or in today's terms a Third World Country.
Added together they created rampant:
poverty: unemployment, hunger, and anger in Germany. People were actually starving to death in Germany, because they did not have enough food or money to buy food. The German government was doing nothing to aleve the situation. There was no strong leadership from the government. It almost like there was no government.

Answer 4

The Treaty of Versailles just about crippled the Germans after WWI. As you may know, 1929 was the start of the Great Depression and it wasn't only in the U.S., it was in many different countries. Germany's economy was toast and there was no hope of the current administration's ability to get it fixed.

Hitler promised to get the economy back running, improve national pride and to build up the military.

Hitler's economic policies brought Germany from the worst conditions people have seen, to one of best. He was responsible for the VW and the Autobahn.

Answer 5

Can't give you all three, but here's a start. The years after WWI were very hard for the German people. Unemployment was up, the Allies had very punitive economic & ruling policies in effect for Germany...they wanted to punish Germany for the war. Hilter was promoting a strong Germany with pie in the sky ideals. Blaming the Jews, blacks, gays, etc., almost any minority you could think of as a cause of the then present economic state-of-affairs. He gave the German people a common cause to rally around by telling them that things would get better...if his party was running things. Sounds pretty much like our political parties in the U.S. today...they tell us what we want to hear; then we elect them; and then they do whatever they want or need to do to stay in power anyway, and the problems we hired (elected) them to fix, never seem to get fixed.

Answer 6

Religious support --whether it was at the very beginning of his sick career or not- Historians of the official "U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum" in Washington DC, have said that if other religious organizations boycotted or stood up against Hitler,' history would have been different'. In the " "United States Holocaust Memorial Museum" -there is only 1 religion as an organization represented there, in a separate section, because it alone stood firm against Hitler & his killing machine. As an organization it took a firm stand in the middle to late 20's , its people were among the first to be put in to the concentration camps. They were officially banned by Hitler in 1933-& their properties(printing factories, literature etc.) totally confiscated--but they continued underground in preaching & teaching despite Hitlers brutal treatment of some 30.000 of them, until released in the 40's.They were known as "Ernest Bible Students" known today as Jehovah's Witnesses. There were indeed individuals & groups of several other religions that indeed should be given credit for their brave stand, but not their religions.

Answer 7

the ineptitude of the Weimar Republic to control the Nazis rise to power; the promise of German restoration and nationalism after the humiliation brought about by untold and unjustifiable reparations of the Treaty of Versailles ; control of leading industrialists, financiers and general economic discontent of Germany and the rest of Europe in the late1920's and early 1930's

Answer 8

1) economic depression brought on after the Treaty of Versailles
2) The psyche of Germans was damaged, i.e., they felt hopeless and Hitler and his charisma enchanted the public into believing his message of hope for Germans.
3) a weak democracy and parties within government who split so often (due to communist tactics of splitting off democratic parties), led to the rise of the Nazi party.

Answer 9

1- economic depression and unemployment (6 million)
2- the straight jacket of the treaty of Versailles
3- the bloody desire for revenge of the Army

Answer 10

Mass Stupidity,

Mass Hallucinations,

Mass Hypnosis