Factors that Helped Hitler Become a Dictator

Factors that Helped Hitler Become a Dictator

There were many factors which helped Hitler to become a dictator, one

of which was the Treaty of Versailles. This removed power, wealth, and

military force from Germany, and maybe more importantly it humiliated

Germnay and it's people. The citizens of Germany started to resent

their government for signing the treaty. However the treaty of

versailles was not the most important reason for Hitler's coming to

power. There are other equally, and maybe more, important factors that

helped him, such as the great depression, the Reichstag fire, and

other events like the Beerhall Putsch.

The great depression aided Hitler and the Nazis greatly. People in

Germany lost their money, their homes, and their possessions. People

were also forced to queue in the streets for their food, as they could

not afford to buy their own. Another 'benefit' was that over 6,000,000

people became unemployed. They mostly blamed the government for what

was happening, so they started to listen to extremist parties (like

the Nazis) in the hope that their problems could be solved. The votes

from the unemployed people took Hitler's number of seats in the

Reichstag from the twenties, into over 200. This was how Hitler was

elected chancellor.

On the 27th of February 1933, the Reichstag (German houses of

parliament) was burned down. The only suspect found for the disaster,

was a Dutch communist named Marianus van der Lubbe. Hitler used this

to persuade the government, that Germany was under the threat of a

communist attack. So a new law was passed, called the Law for the

Protection of People and State. The law banned the Co...

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Kampf' of 'My Struggle'.

The Treaty of Versailles was not the most important reason for Hitler

coming to power. There were lots of events which were mostly all as

importnat as each other. In many cases one event

could not have occurred without another. Without the great depression

people would not have turned from trusting the government, to

supporting Hitler. Without the Treaty of Versailles the people of

Germany would not have had a grudge against their government, right

from the beginning. Without the Reichstag fire Hitler could not have

persuade the Reichstag that Germany was under the threat ov communist

attack, and inevetably the Enabling law would not have been passed.

Although on their own some events may not look any more imporant than

others, when combined together they reveal Hitler's rise to power.