Hitler's Changing of Germany from a Democracy to a Dictatorship
Their where many situations that occurred causing Hitler to rise to
power and change Germany from a democracy to a Dictatorship. I will
now give an account of what are I think are the main reasons. In
order of date I believe that the reasons were the Reichstag fire, the
general election, the enabling act, the Gestapo, the trade unions ban
and of course the night of the long knives. I will know explain each
one.
On the 27th of February 1933 a fire took place at the parliament of
Germany. The Reichstag was burned down. A communist was arrested
whilst holding an amount of fire starting equipment. Hitler used this
to his advantage. As it was one of Hitler’s rivals who started the
fire he used this to his advantage and arrested all the communist
party members blaming them all for the fire. One power was now out of
Hitler’s road to a dictatorship.
Just a few weeks later the general election was to take place. Hitler
granted a vote that if successful would make him a clear candidate for
a dictatorship. The results showed him that only 44% of the present
agreed with his vote. Hitler had not been granted enough votes to
pass his request therefore lost the vote. In doing so he arrested yet
another group of communists resulting in a man named Goering becoming
chancellor.
On the 23rd of March the enabling act took place. It was a vote that
would allow Hitler pass any law he wished and finally enabling him to
permit his dictatorship. Hitler believed that he would not win the
vote so he ordered the SA to stop and beat up any opposition Hitler
would have for the vote. The plan worked and Hitler was permitted to
do anything he wanted in Germany.
Hitler spread the Nazi law by using his Gestapo (the secret police).
He used these to input his law and to rid of people such as Jews,
way to go. Really, the parties had no choice as to whether or not they
Hitler blamed the Jews for the evils of the world. He believed a democracy would lead to communism. Therefore, in Hitler’s eyes, a dictatorship was the only way to save Germany from the threats of communism and Jewish treason. The Program of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party was the instrument for the Nazis to convince the German people to put Hitler into power. Point one of the document states, “We demand the union of all Germans in a great Germany on the basis of the principle of self-determination of all peoples.” 1 This point explicates the Nazi proposition that Germany will only contain German citizens and also, that these citizens would display his or her self-determination towards Germany to the fullest.
This campaign of terror resulted in the Reichstag fire, blamed on the Communists. Some historians believe the fire was started by the Nazis, and was all a ruse to lose more Communist votes and exploit fears of a mass left-wing uprising. Whatever the case, Hitler claimed that the Communists were trying to intentianally thwart the Nazis' election campaign. He asked President Hindenburg for extra powers to deal with any potential hazards, prompting Hindenburg to issue the Decree for the Protection of People and State. This law allowed the government to arrest people at will and also take over provincial governments, and was the first step towards a totalitarian government. It allowed the Nazis to completely smash the Communist election campaign and gain more seats in the Reichstag.
The Nazi Party, and its leader Adolf Hitler, were an unchallenged political group. Following the final deal in January of 1933, Hitler secured the position of chancellorship. From there, he continued working, in order to ensure that the NSDAP would not be challenged politically. Firstly, he used the Reichstag fire to enact the Decree for the Protection of People and State. This took away any civil liberties from the people of Germany, and gave legal basis for the Nazi party to imprison and silence any opposition. This was a key step to ensure the establishment of a totalitarian regime, as it greatly increased the power of the Nazi’s and greatly diminished the power of any opposition, both at the federal and state level. Following this, the Enabling Act was passed in parliament, which gave Hitler the ability to pass laws without the Reichstag. Through
The German government ordered passive resistance but workers needed to be paid. The government printed money and hyperinflation set in. During this crisis in Germany, caused indirectly by the Treaty, when Hitler tried to seize power he was unsupported. Therefore the Treaty of Versailles, on its own, was not a reason why Hitler rose to power. After 1929, the Great Depression acted as a catalyst, igniting the German people's anger for the Treaty of Versailles and it then became a factor in Hitler's rise to power.
Support for the Nazi party was due to the growing belief that it was a
Hitler exercises his power cautiously at first, but in 1923 he takes over a government meeting. Nazi storm troopers seize official buildings and Hitler is arrested on account of treason (Project GCSE sec. 2). Though Hitler spends the next ten years in prison, he and the Nazi party get incredible publicity (Project GCSE sec. 5).
Hitler’s rise to power was influenced by several events in his life, starting as early as when he was a boy, his entry into the military and his leadership of the Nazi Party. In this paper you will learn about all the aspects that made Hitler such a powerful man and the events that made him reach total power or dictatorship.
In that year and half he had mastered the machine of State, suppressed the opposition. asserted his authority over the party and the SA, and secured for himself the prerogatives of the Head of the State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.’ I believe that gaining the support of the army was of the greatest significance in the ensuing aftermath of the Night of Long Knives. The army pledged an Oath of allegiance to Hitler and securing this patronage was fundamental. It facilitated Hitler’s consolidation of power as Reich Fuhrer and enabled Hitler’s totalitarian control of Germany.
The main reason was that people were discomposed that Germany had lost a war and most of the people blame for the defeat. On the other hand, during 1929-1933, the worldwide Great Depression, which impacted Germany, and there was no leader of Weimar could solve the economic problem.
After the terrible causes of World War I, Germany was stuck in the ruins. They were still trying to rebuild and recover from the war. The Treaty of Versailles, along with the Great Depression severely affected Germany. The unemployment lines increased, and food was scarce. Money was a huge hassle too, the factories were all closed and the savings were completely wiped out. Due to all these economic is what made Hitler’s rise to p...
The Weakness of the Weimar Republic and Hitler's Rise to Power The question directly relates to the idea that the political power of a country can be taken over by ambitious people in different ways. From our knowledge we know there is three ways this can be done…by take over by force, also known as a 'coup d'etat', in a more democratic and just way or by a political deal. In the 1920's and the 1930's Hitler led a right wing political party and was seen by many as a dictator. He wanted to overthrow and control the German government and he tried all three of these ways in an attempt to do so, some methods were more successful than others.
An austrian man by the name of Adolf Hitler who had served in the German Army during WWI, thought that Germans were better than others because of their DNA, and that all other races must be exterminated to create what he called a utopian society. After hearing of Germany's capitulation in WWI in a hospital recovering from a mustard gas attack, Adolf Hitler thought that he needed to gain control of the government to carry out his plans. In an attempt to overthrow to German government by force, Adolf was arrested. He was supposed to go to jail for five years; however, during his time in jail, he wrote a book called Mein Kampf, which means, My Struggles in english. The book was about Hitler's life, his ideas about cleaning up the bloodline, world domination/ utopian society, and how he was going to pull it off. He called it, "the Final Solution". Because of the money and popularity his book made, he got out of jail after a mere nine months. Once out of jail, he would be appointed to the position of chancelor by the president of Germany in 1933. From this position, he said that if the president died or resigned, he would become dictator. When the president died short after, he self-appointed himself to the position of dictator. Once he was dictator, he created the Neuremburg laws, which took away many of the Jew's rights. He also started calling the undesireables to death camps, which was the beginning of the Holocaust.
which resulted in the death of many innocent people and numerous Jews. Hitler became leader of the Nazi party and chancellor of Germany. For example,’ ‘Hitler was never elected, he came second, until President Hindenburg was forced to appoint Hitler as chancellor in 1933.’’ (www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/adolf-hitler). This supports one way of how he rose to power and did everything he did.
...ason Hitler rose up and became one of the most charasmatic and respected leader at the time, this was due to many different factors which each played a key role in his rise to power. From the great depression in 1929 to the date of becoming Chancellor in 1933, Hitler managed to seize power by decieving the population and making them believe that he was the solution. From the long term causes to the immédiate causes Hitler managed to build himself up to become one of the most powerfully people in Germany.