Hitlers Rise To Power
Who or what was responsible for Hitler's rise to power? Many believe that there was only one factor for his rise to power. Some state that Hitler could not have risen to power in any other than Germany, implying that he was nothing more than a product of German culture. Others say that Hitler made himself dictator by means of his political genius. And yet still others claim that it was the weak democratic government of the Weimar Republic or Germany's social and economic scene in the 1930's that made the people restless and ready for a dictator to come to power. There was no sole cause for Hitler's rise to power. There were two. The political and economic chaos of the 1920's and the 1930's joined forces with German culture that enabled Hitler to rise to power. Both play an equal part. Together, both reasons fit together like pieces of a puzzle, to create a unique situation for Hitler's rise. Hitler was in part a product of German culture. German culture stands out as particularly aggressive and racist. The values and ideas found in this culture's history inspired Hitler to do many things that he did and can explain in part why he felt the way he did on certain issues (Stern).
htm/*On the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Heinrich von Treitschke. German people, feeling confused by the social and economic chaos of the 1920's and 1930's could do nothing but gravitate towards someone like Hitler. They blamed the democrats of the Weimar Republic who betrayed them at Versailles and brought about the social and economic disorder of the 1920's and 1930's. Neither of these groups-democrats and communists-appealed to most Germans. University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. Bewildered and penniless, without jobs due to high prices, the Germans were open to anyone who promised to bring back social order and economic control. German Big Business and the Rise of Hitler. Stevens 6 German culture and the social and economic chaos of the 1920's and the 1930's answer why Hitler rose to power in Germany, why he believed the things he did, and why the German people accepted such a man with open arms.
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