One major reason for the greatly weakening Nazi Party in the mid-20s was due to the prosperity of the Stresemann years, as he brought about the era of calm and serenity where economic recovery and political stability was achieved to a large extent. As the following examples prove, Weimar Germany 1924-9 was undergoing a renaissance. Under Stresemanns policies, recovery was helped by the adoption of the Dawes Plan in 1924, which allowed Germany to…
QN: In what ways, and to what extent, did Hitler improve social and economic conditions?…
In the early 1930s the mood in Germany was grim. The humiliating defeat during WW1, still lay fresh in the minds of Germans. The treaty of Versailles 1919, the worldwide economic depression, poverty, unemployment, contributed to the circumstances that bestowed an opportunity for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.…
Firstly, the great depression caused massive unemployment in Germany, over 6 million people were unemployed by 1933. This was great for the Nazi’s, because put simply, when people are happy and rich they do not turn to extremist parties, however when they are unemployed and poor, they do. There is a graph that shows the direct correlation between unemployed rates and Nazi party supporters. As more people became unemployed, the Nazi’s got more votes. Between 1928 and 1930, Nazi votes had increased from 800,000 to 6,409,000, which links with the fact that also between these years, unemployment went from about 1 Million to about 3 Million people. Also, the Nazi’s supported Anti-Jewish views, this appealed to people more during unemployment because a lot of Jewish people had jobs that Germans believed should be given to them.…
* The Government appeared to be stabilizing, however with this a shift to the right as evidenced by the Election of President Hindenburg (a monarchist).…
In January 1933, following several failed attempts, Hitler was finally appointed as chancellor of Germany. There were many reasons to why Hitler was appointed as chancellor. For example, the Great Depression of 1929, electoral success and weakness of the Weimar republic. In this essay, I wish to go through each notable reason and come to a final conclusion.…
However, there are other factors that also led to the rise of the Nazi Party. The weakness of the Weimar Government was one of the other main reasons that allowed for the rise of the Nazi Party. There were many problems within the government, including multiple disagreements and instability. Thus, the Republic was weak and was unable to make decisions that would benefit the people. For example, in January 1923, Germany had fallen behind in reparation payments to Belgium and France, and this angered the French because they needed the money to pay their own war debts to America. Tired of waiting, the French and Belgian troops decided to march into the Ruhr, which was the industrial centre of Germany, to take by force what the Germans owed them. Since the German army was extremely…
In November 1923, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party), failed in the attempted overthrow of the Weimar Republic in what is now known as the Beer Hall Putsch. However, just ten years later, in 1933, Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in Germany. Ever since, modern historians have tried to understand the root or cause of this quick turnaround. What has become clear is that there is no single answer to why the Nazi Party was able to rise to power in the early 1930’s. Instead, the Nazi Party rose to power due to a combination of reasons including social distrust of the Weimar Republic, economic and political instability under the Weimar Republic created by the Treaty of Versailles, the ability of Hitler and the Nazi Party to skillfully play upon pre-existing German fears and beliefs, and the Great Depression of 1929.…
In 1928, the Nazis were seen as a little joke party with a leader that no one really liked. In 1930, they became the second largest party with 107 seats. This popularity came primarily from the depression but also from the weakness of the Weimar. No party could gain a majority in any election due to Germany’s policy of proportional representation this lead to many, many weak coalitions that could never agree on anything and therefore never get anything passed. Many believed the Weimar to no longer be an acceptable government for their country and the voting choice went to either the Nazis or the communists leading to both extremist parties growing in popularity.…
After all the hard work put in by the Nazis over several years in order to access rise to power, President Hindenburg finally appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany on 30th January 1933. Many historians have argued about how this all came about, however one in particular, Holtfriech, believes their rise to power was all due to the Great Depression, which was a world-wide phenomenon. This particular aspect however makes it sound all too simple as there also many other factors which play a crucial role in the Nazis’ success. Without Hitler’s oratorical ability, the role of propaganda and the support of a wide range of the population, the Nazis would have not come to power. In my opinion, I think that the Great Depression grabbed the world’s attention and that this was the greatest opportunity for the Nazis to finally excel in their attempt for power, by changing tactics to suit the society. This makes it clear that despite these factors, without the Great Depression, the Nazi message would have not been heard, and it is this that is the most important factor in their rise to power.…
Before it was named the NSDAP the National Socialist German Workers Party had previously been named the Deutsche Arbeiterpuntei (German Workers Party) or DAP. Its main commitments were Nationalism meaning to identify or become extremely attached to your nation. Anti-Semitism meaning the hatred of Jews and the belief that the Aryan was the master race. And finally it strongly rejected capitalism meaning the ownership of private property or profit. These guidelines that the DAP lived by were very much admired by Hitler, he even quoted in one of his later speeches "We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are determined to destroy this system under all conditions."…
policies. In 1928 the Nazi party won 0.8 million votes and 12 seats, and in 1932…
The Nazi party rose to power in Germany due to perfect timing and a well thought out political strategy. Adolf Hitler was the figurehead of the party, and with his charismatic speeches and manipulation of the German people’s emotions, was able to take over the nation for the Nazi party. However it was not Hitler alone who was responsible for the rise and success of the party. The climate of Germany that was ripe for the taking had been set up long before Hitler. It was also the negligence of outside powers and their desire for peace that would allow for Nazi Germany to grow in power in the days leading up to World War II.…
Moreover, another contributing factor is hyperinflation, which started due to Germany not being able to keep up the terms of the treaty of Versailles. Germany could not keep up with the £6.6 billion reparations that they were due to pay back to France and other countries. The amount they had to pay was very excessive and this disallowed them being able to become stable economically and politically throughout the years of Weimar republic. This in turn led to the invasion of the Ruhr in 1923 when French and Belgian troops took over the industrial capital in Germany. Because of this jobs were lost and passive resistance was started. To take care of the problem, the Weimar republic decided to print more and more money which led to inflation that created havoc in the country as the value of the currency…
When considering the importance and extent to which the Great Depression was the main cause of the collapse and decline of the Weimar Republic, it is necessary to assess other factors which also added to its failure. The Great Depression was a prominent reason in the latter stages of the Weimar republics collapse, it accelerated its failure in 1929 and by 1932 arguably the Weimar Republic couldn’t go on. Despite this, the main cause of the collapse was the continuous poor economic state of Germany which hindered the success of democracy and finally resulted in the failure of the Weimar. The results of the First World War, the effects of the Treaty of Versailles and the 1923 hyperinflation crisis significantly worsened Germany's economic problems, in which Hitler and the Nazis easily exploited. The Great Depression and derived from this constant financial strain that the government suffered under and eventually spiralled the situation out of control which proved unmanageable for the government. This created a cut back in support from those who were in favour of democracy and produced resentment amongst other parties. Finally the Weimar's inability to deal with the crisis via unsuccessful decision making and the long term traditional attitudes of the elites within the government that were also highly important contributions to the collapse of the Weimar. Consequently with detrimental ongoing economic crisis and contributing political factors, the Weimar Republic was doomed from the outset, resulting in its collapse.…