What did Adolf Hitler do for Germany 1933-39?

Question

Doing a project, and all the sites I've seen aren't very helpful, I was wondering if anyone knew a little about it, I just need some more ideas to expand on. Thanks

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I know he was a pretty evil man, but can anyone give me some good things that he did, before the start of the war??

Answer 1

He fixed the economy that had been destroyed by reparations after the first world war. Inflation was through the roof, and he helped get the economy back on track. He created jobs by restoring the german military. He negotiated with the allied powers so that the germans could actually produce military equipment and an army which was a violation of the versailles treaty. Most important of all, he restored the german sense of pride which had been crushed.

This was how he was able to get so many people behind him in WW2. The man was actually a great leader, and very smart, but he committed such horrible acts. And its those horrible acts we see when we think of Hitler.

Answer 2

There's not much positive to say! 85% of Germans voted in a plebiscite in 1934 or 1935 that they agreed with Hitler having seized power. They based this judgment on the fact that the economy had been improving under Hitler's regime.

Adolf Hitler became German Chancellor (under the Weimar Republic Constitution) on January 30, 1933. In February, the Reichstag (German Parliament Buildings) burned down and Hitler used this incident to blame the communists and to call an election where he hoped for a 2/3 majority. This election was held in April and he got about 47% of the seats... not 2/3 so he was unable to pass the Enabling Bill (where he could rule by decree) without it going to parliamentary vote. He held a vote and used intimidation and terror tactics to get the bill passed.

Hitler now had official dictatorial powers - within 3 months of becoming Chancellor. He immediately formed the Hitler Youth - by 1935 it was mandatory for children ages 10-18 to participate. He withdraws from the League of Nations and begins an aggressive rearmament program (the League of Nations condemns this but that's it). During the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935-6, he uses the distraction of the world to remilitarize the Rhineland... again the League of Nations does nothing. Ultimately, he annexes Austria, the Sudetenland... you know the rest of course, it leads to WW2.

There isn't much that is positive to say, except that he restores a sense of pride in nationalism to the German people and gives them hope that the "wrongs" of Versailles will be righted and that he's the man for the job.

Widepart - you're mixing some Mussolini in there I think - the trains running on time and so on.

Answer 3

There was no 'good' period for Hitler. There where several achievements, not all of which where his doing.
As someone has already said, economists tend to agree that the economic revival enjoyed by Germany in the 30's was the result of the work by a previous chancellor

OK a list of achievements.
The first TV broadcast was the Olympic games in Berlin in 1936
The Autobahns
Volkswagen 'peoples car' designed by Ferdinand Porche
Airships, which failed because the U.S. held a monopoly on Helium

Remember though that whilst all this was happening, the Jewish people where being disenfranchised and driven from their businesses, political opponents where being thrown into concentration camps, Parliament was suspended, and 'untermench', the weak and fable where being forcibly sterilised.

The only redeeming feature that I can think of about Hitler is that, unlike most dictators, he only ever wore the medals he was entitled too. The Iron cross, black wounds badge, and the Nazi party badge in gold (for being one of the first 1000 members).

Pretty pathetic really

Answer 4

He (lied)scared the population to be afraid of things and people that couldn't hurt them and then mobilized the nation, through the fear he planted and some expediant measures like making the trains run on time to build the confidence of the population into thinking he could do anything . Eventually when he had enough power he started burning books and persicuting the population he had taught the citizens to fear he rounded them up with the help of loyal non questioning citizens put these people in camps or gettos and started systmatically killing them.....and he had his followers document every death. Then he made he made his plans clear---take over the world......starting with the invasion of Poland ........Europe and Canada and other countries mobilized against his threat and moved to put a stop to it.
Because some very rich and powerful people in the United States lobbied to keep the U S out of the war the US did not join most of the rest of the world to stop this mad man and his army. (of course many of the rich people who lobbied the government to stay out of the war were selling through secondary intermediaries supplies to both sides in the conflict......eventually the Japanese ruler thought he'd take advantage of the US's laid back attitude and he attacked (Pearl Harbour) this brought the US into the war.

Does the happenings in Nazi Germany remind you of what's happening in the US today........Scare the population ---- build up the fears so you can invade another country or two........the big business interests that supplied the other side for years are now supplying the US military and makeing obsene profits, and in most cases it is with the governments blessings....sounds like the beginings of what happened in Germany all those many years ago.

Answer 5

He was one of the most brilliant public speakers of all time. Germany was forced into bankruptcy after being made to pay compensation over WW1. The German people needed to be lifted out of the misery they were enduring. When a nation is in such a mess, they vote for the person who will give them real positive hope.

Hitler used that fact, and his skills for his own demented ambition. He would have been one of the best and most respected leaders in history if he wasn't so deranged, something for the Germans to be proud of, instead of the tragedy he was responsible for. He did after all entertain the world's leaders at the Berlin Olympics, and had every opportunity to really help his country.

Answer 6

To get rid of unemployment, Hitler raised an army that employed nearly all males between the ages of 15 and 25. Then to open up more opportunities for business, he outlawed the Jews who were prosperous businessmen and eventually killed them.

Germany went from a very depressed economy to being a real power in those years. The problem was you can't build an army and pay it without using it.

Answer 7

He brought Germany out of the depression and gave Germans a renewed sense of national pride after the impossible impositions of Versailles. I'm not arguing against his ultimate evil, but you are asking for positives.

The Panzerschiffen (pocket battleships) were actually begun by Weimar. They displaced more than Versailles allowed, but nobody was checking. The real renaissance of the German navy, though, sprang from a bilateral agreement in 1935 with the UK, which -- incredibly enough -- allowed parity in tonnage of submarines (forbidden altogether under Versailles).

Answer 8

He built highways all over the country, he inspired his people to not feel so awful about themselves after the end of WWI, he got people employed (mostly through a military buildup) and for a brief, brief time was regarded as a respectable leader. Then he sort of went astray a bit...

Answer 9

Instilled national pride during a time that was pretty much the same as the US during the great depression. He boosted the economy by pouring money into the military. We all know what happened after that.

Answer 10

Hitler changed the world as it was known then. He gave, (sic) the Jewish people a homeland, (forced or not they still got a homeland). The Tiger tanks, the gun, strategy, the blimp and when I think of anything else I will let you know. Oh and mass extermination.