Hitler became a part of the Nazi Party or National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920. The Nazis called for the union of all German citizens to end the suffrage of what the Treaty of Versailles was doing to their country. This treaty stated that the country of Germany was to pay war damages to the countries who defeated them in World War I. Another point of the Nazi’s was to stripe any non-German or person of Jewish origin of their German citizenship (Hoffman).
Hitler was seeking a way to carry out his movements to the rest of Germany. While he traveled …show more content…
In 1930, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis started their movement unlike any other that Germany had ever seen. Hitler offered something to everyone: work to the unemployed, prosperity to failed business people, profits to industry, expansion to the Army, social harmony and an end of class distinctions to idealistic young students. He would make Germany strong again by ending payment of war reparations to the Allies, tear up the treaty of Versailles, and dealing harshly with the Jews, whom he believed were hiding their money. He promised the restoration of German glory. Hitler traveled the country with his campaign for leadership by trying to win the love of the Germans. He acted almost as a celebrity by giving speeches, holding meetings, signing autographs, posing for pictures and even kissing babies. He promised to give order to all of those in pandemonium from World War I (Gavin).
On election day, September 14, 1930, the Nazis received 6,371,000 votes – over eighteen percent of the total – and were thus entitled to 107 seats in the German Reichstag. This was a great achievement for Hitler and the Nazi Party. They were one of the smallest political parties and grew to one of the largest in Germany