How did Totalitarianism rise in Germany?

Question

The exact question is
Explain how Totalitarianism rose in Germany and what factors caused it.
I need the outlines and thoughts on it, as detailed as possible
This is during when Hitler and the Nazis ruled Germany (and before it)

Answer 1

the German people were left humiliated after defeat in world war I, their country had surrendered when their troops actually still held succificient territory, and a popular belief (encouraged by people such as Adolf Hitler) was that Jews and Marxists had conspired somehow to ensure the German surrender.

The Nazis became a popular movement at first in cities like Munich and Nuremberg, feeding on the German peoples hurt national pride and their belief that war reperations (compensation payments) from the first world war were unfair and that the country needed to reclaim its greatness and persecute those who had 'stabbed Germany in the back'.

After unsuccesful attempts to claim power by force (the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923) the Nazis were eventually democratically voted in (around 1933), and set about removing the democratic structure and installing themselves as a dictatorial government. (If the exact motions of how they did this are what you require you should consult wikipedia or a decent history text book)

Suffice to say one of the main reason they were able to become a totalitarian government was because their policies were actually rather popular - they seemed to offer fresh promise to a country devastated economically by World War I. The Nazis may have eventually ruled by fear and violence, but they GAINED power by populism and persuasion.

Answer 2

Totalitarianism was able to rise in Germany with the support of the Prussian military. The same Prussian military system that unified Germany under the Second Reich in January, 1871 under Wilhelm of Prussia, went on to give the NSDAP its support in the late 1920s and early 1930s.