If Adolf Hitler was Austrian how did he become the leader of Germany?

Answer 1

The technical answer is that in 1932 the Nazi-run state government of Brunswick appointed Hitler to an official post and granted him citizenship along with it.

The wider answer is that he spoke German, of course, fought in the German army in World War I (because he felt embarrassed at being Austrian) and by violence and deceit managed to capture the mood of an alarming number of ordinary Germans who, with their votes, placed him in such a position that he could not be denied power.

Answer 2

Hitler grew up near the border of Germany and went to live in Munich as a young adult. He was a German nationalist. After WW1, he and others believed the world had turned against Germany. Hitler served in the German military and was an early leader in the Nazi party.

Answer 3

"Adolf Hitler was born 1889-04-20 at Braunau am Inn, Austria, a village in Upper Austria, bordering Germany, the third son and fourth child of six. His father, Alois Hitler, (born Schicklgruber), (1837–1903), was a customs official in Austria-Hungary on the German border."

"Hitler received the final part of his father's estate in May 1913 and moved to Munich. He wrote in Mein Kampf that he had always longed to live in a "real" German city. In Munich, he became more interested in architecture and, he says, the writings of Houston Stewart Chamberlain. Moving to Munich also helped him escape military service in Austria for a time, but the Austrian army arrested him finally. After a physical exam (during which his height was measured at 173 cm, or 5 ft 8 in) and a contrite plea, he was deemed unfit for service and allowed to return to Munich. However, when Germany entered World War I in August 1914, he petitioned King Ludwig III of Bavaria for permission to serve in a Bavarian regiment, this request was granted, and Adolf Hitler enlisted in the Bavarian army."

"Hitler was twice decorated for bravery. He received the Iron Cross, Second Class, in December 1914 and the Iron Cross, First Class, in August 1918, an honour rarely given to a Gefreiter. However, because the regimental staff thought Hitler lacked leadership skills, and (according to Kershaw) Hitler's unwillingness to leave regimental headquarters (which would have been likely in event of promotion), he was never promoted to Unteroffizier. Other historians say that the reason he was not promoted is that he did not have German citizenship."

"Hitler had long admired Germany, and during the war he had become a passionate German patriot, although he did not become a German citizen until 1932."

"In 1932, Hitler intended to run against the aging President Paul von Hindenburg in the scheduled presidential elections. Though Hitler had left Austria in 1913, he still had not acquired German citizenship and hence could not run for public office. In February, however, the state government of Brunswick, in which the Nazi Party participated, appointed Hitler to some minor administrative post and also gave him citizenship on 1932-02-25."

"Adolf Hitler" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler

Hitler abandoned his Austrian citizenship in 1925, and was stateless for a while.

"Adolf Hitler", German-language Wikipedia : http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Answer 4

Rising ethnic tensions made it difficult for political parties to ignore the influence of German nationalism in the closing decades of the nineteenth century. There has always been a large population of German people in Austria. Especially after WW I, when the Hungarian and Slavic provinces gained independence form the formerly Hapsburg dominated territories. The boundaries of Austria, post WW I, the same boundaries it has today, were left with large populations of German speaking, Germanic descent, Austrians. These peoples, true to their Germanic roots, were accepted as being German. Because Hitler was of German descent, even born and raised in Austria, he was accepted, especially by the political parties of the time. the unification of German Austrians with Germans residing in Germany was a very hot political issue.

Answer 5

He got power

Answer 6

i think of you are going to be able to desire to define "moderates". maximum of them did no longer, they voted for different events such because of the fact the Catholic center occasion. Hitler grow to be, although, made chancellor by using a center-surprising coalition that thought they could have the potential to regulate him from in the back of the curtain. additionally, because of the fact the chief of the occasion that have been given the main votes in the main modern-day election, he grow to be entitled to the situation as Germany then, as now, like maximum of Europe is a parliamentary democracy quite than a electoral democracy like the U.S., however the national Socialists in no way have been given a majority of the vote, in basic terms greater votes than the different occasion (of which there have been many) in that particular election.

Answer 7

i believe that austria was a part of germany that time so adolf hitler would have had the chance to become a dictator

Answer 8

He made some influential friends fighting on the German side in world war 1.

Answer 9

He was of German ethnicity, so that gave him the right to be a German citizen (still does).