I think that it is undeniable that Hitler was in fact helped majorly by the depression in Germany in the 1920s. Without the depression, Hitler would definitely not have been made Chancellor, but it wasn't necessarily the depression that caused Hitler to become the leader.
Throughout the 1920s, Hitler fought to become the legal dictator of Germany and restore it to its ideals. Hitler's absurd and perhaps extremely offensive goals hindered him and the Nazi party, there wasn't much of a chance of becoming any sort of power in Germany when the country was doing well and the economy was rising. The goals that Hitler and the Nazi party had were far too obscure for the every day citizen to agree with and side with Germany. No doubt the Nazi party would be a worse option for the country over the government at the time, who were seemingly doing a very good job at decreasing reparation payments and getting the economy back up to scratch. One thing …show more content…
Rather than 230 seats in the prior election in July, the Nazi party only got 196 seats and the Communists and Nationals were slowly gaining on the Nazis. At this point, with declining popularity, Hitler got his golden ticket to Germany. Franz Von Papen persuaded Hindenburg to make Hitler the Chancellor as they both thought that it would give Hitler what he wanted and that Hitler's popularity would most certainly die down within months and from there, the Nazis would have no clue what to do. What actually happened was that Hitler found a loophole, rather than staying metaphorically under Hindenburg as intended, Hitler was able to later pass the Enabling Act after gaining temporary dictator powers after the 'Communists' had burnt down the Reichstag days before an election. Communists were killed and the party was banned, hence Hitler eventually became dictator of