Hitler Gain Power Dbq

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Three Reasons Hitler Gained Power

They were many ways Hitler gained power over Germnay. One example is in Document 1 when it talks about the Treaty of Verasilles. Another example is in Document 2 when it talks about the German Economy. One last way Hitler gained power was stated in document 5 when it talked about things Hitler promised to the People and showed the down of the current German leadership. These are a few of the ways Hitler gained power over Germany.
One way Hitler gained power in Germnay is from the Treaty of Versailles which was a document that punished Germany for WW1. According to Document 1 “The German Military forces shall be demobilized and reduced not to exceed 100,000 men. The German navy must not exceed 6 battleships, 6 light cruisers, 12 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats. No submarines are to be included. Germany will pay for all the damages done to the civilian population and property of the Allied Governemnts.” The Germans also lost 13 percent of their land to the Allied Forces. This way a big part in Hitlers rise to power because it showed weakness in the current Gernman leadership. The people were tired of having to pay lots of money for mistakes by the government. This lead to the people …show more content…

According to Document 2 “In the period following the end of World War 1, Germany experianced a disastrous perioid of inflation. The German governemnts method of financing the war by borrowing heavily and printing large quantities of unbacked currency began th inflationary spiral. This lead to political violence.” The german economy was in ruins at the time, one us dollar was equivilant to 4,200,000,000,000 German marks at one point. This helped Hitler Rise to power because the people felt that their economy was very very weak because of the government, and they wanted a new upgraded government. Hitler promised a full reset to begin fixing the economy, which interested lots of