In the spring of 1932 with the expiration of the presidential term of Hindenburg, it was strongly believed by many, especially the left wing that avoiding Hitler’s rise in power it would be necessary for Hindenburg to run again for president. The Social …show more content…
Even though it is claimed that Hitler won the chancellorship “legally”, there is lots of evidence that pinpoint to his evil ways of acquiring the power. If during this time Hidenburg, Scheicher, and von Papen had not taken wrong political decisions, Hitler would have been prevented from becoming the chancellor of Germany. By the end of 1932 the Nazi party was facing serious problems. In any of the elections the highest percentage of the German vote that they had been able to achieve was 37 percent. Moreover, the party’s strength was getting weaker and weaker as well as the party running serious debts therefore easily Schleicher and von Papen could have used this tool to prevent the Nazis once for good from gaining power. In the Reichstag, also, the Nazis constituted the minority with three positions held by them (Spielvogel, pp.