Was Hitler used by elite bankers?

Question

I have been wondering about this for so long. Does anybody have any insight into this. I have been doing logical thinking about this for sometime. 1. where did he get so much money to build his army , autobahn, stadiums, so on.? 2. why was he allowed to do this? I am wondering if maybe he was just talented speaker who business interest used and employed him to finish off Germany as well as rest of europe for their changes that they wanted.

Answer 1

No.

There is no doubt that bankers and industrialists hoped that Hitler would be a stabilising influence on a chaotic country and some like Krupps and Porche had very close links with the Nazi's. However Hitler soon proved to be a poisoned chalice and many regreted the support.

Hitlers building programme was funded through loans, and was similar to Roosevelt's 'New deal' of the same time. Hitler Built Autobahns and armaments (in secret) whilst the U.S. built the Hoover Dam etc

Answer 2

The answer to your question is the opossite of what you ask. Hitler used elite bankers and rich people in Germany. If you read his biography Mein Kampf you will see that he always believed that all the rich men except the jews should provide their wealth and oney to the Empire of Deutschland. So when he become to fight for his opinions he realised that beyound the people of germany the only ones that really where dissapointed by democracy from the way it was used in these days were the aristocrats who had the wealth of germany. When he gain power and became a monarch he saw that the aristocrats were more pleased because that seemed tobe the same with the old state of Kings and Queens that was in germany the 19th century.
So Hitler himself used the wealth of these people and from the german sources that were unused for along time.
Try reading a very good book on Hitler by Ian kershaw which is named Hubris(the first) and Nemesis (the second part), books that should enlighten your thoughts and opinions about the situation during WW2.

Answer 3

German business, commerce, and financial interest certainly supported Hitler at the outset in the expectation that they could control him as if he were an ordinary politician. But Hitler was a puppet that completely escaped control, and wound up himself using the commercial, business, and financial forces that could be said to have created him. Truly this involved monumental misjudgments of the man - but those misjudgments were made.