To what extent was the depression responsible for Hitler coming to power?
There were many factors that assisted Hitler and his Party to come to power in 1933. These include, his campaigning methods, economic problems, negative cohesion and the Wall Street Crash in 1929. Although there were many factors that helped Hitler come to power, the Great Depression was the final push that the Nazi’s needed to allow Hitler to come to power in 1933.
After the first world war, Germany had been forced to surrender, leading to the compilation of the Treaty of Versailles, with many of the European countries forcing Germany to sign the Treaty. Germany was forced to pay all the reparations for the damage that they had caused, which totaled to about 6.6 billion
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Nazi campaign methods were modern and effective. They talked about uniting the people of Germany behind one leader, which they promised to bring Germany back to traditional values. They also talked about going back to traditional values, such as the time when the Kaiser ruled over Germany. The Nazis repeated at every opportunity the same messages on how they believed Jews, Communists, Weimar politicians and the Treaty of Versailles were the cause of Germany’s problems, and expressed contempt as for why the Weimar democratic system could not solve Germany’s problems that they had caused. At the time, there were also many street battles, between the Communists and police. On the other hand, the SA and SS could control such chaos, and gave an impression of discipline and order. Many people welcomed this kind of order, and began to support Hitler and the Nazi Party. However, the greatest campaigning asset of the Nazi Party was Hitler himself. Hitler was a powerful speaker, and he was years ahead of his time as a communicator. By now, Nazi support had dramatically increased, in Neidenburg in East Prussia Nazi support rose from 2.3 percent in 1928 to over 25 percent in 1931, even though the town had no local Nazi Party and Hitler never went