The Great Depression had made an impact on Hitler's and the Nazis rise to power. The Depression had caused difficulties all around the world, including Germany. Hitler and the Nazis took advantage of the failings of the Weimar Government, the grief of the German people and of course The Great Depression to reach their full potential.
The failings of the Weimar Government fueled Hitler and the Nazi’s rise to power. The Weimar Government had always been unpopular with the German people because the public was used to a strong and decisive government, which is something the democratic system was not. However, the unpopularity rose after the Weimar Republic signed the Treaty of Versailles. This was because the treaty not only made Germany a seemingly weaker country after they surrendered, but mainly because of the economic crisis it caused. After they signed the treaty, Germany was forced to pay reparations to France and Britain, which put a massive economic strain on Germany and its people. To try and fix this problem, the government started printing more money to pay the Allies in the war, they thought it was a good solution as it meant they could pay
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Hitler took advantage of the Germans bitterness towards World War 1 and the Treaty of Versailles to gain support by voicing out his opinions, that happened to be the same as the public's giving them the same view pints and biases. He also took advantage of the Germans desperation to find a job and make a sufficient amount of money, which he did by making a lot of believable promises to drop unemployment rates. Nazi propaganda also persuaded the German masses that specific groups of people, such as the Weimar Government or the Jews, were the cause of their problems. The German people had hope for Hitler, they needed him to survive, for them the only good option was to support his rise to