Sunday, February 19, 2012

How did Hitler take control?

Did you ever wonder how Germany allowed Hitler to take control? There were two main reasons that allowed Hitler to take control, they were- a huge depression, and of course anger at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler had a wonderful opportunity to get people to vote for him in 1923. There was a hyperinflation( which means all of their money became almost worthless) and everyone was desperate. Hitler told them that if they voted for him, the country's economic situation would become better,so many people voted for him out of desperation, but in the 1928 elections the Nazi's still only received about 2% of the votes . Then there was the treaty of Versailles . This was a treaty signed after Germany lost the first world war. It forced Germany to pay for all of the damage done by the war and many other things. Many Germans thought that this treaty was unfair and humiliating. Hitler told them that he also thought it was unfair too,and if they voted for him,he would abort the treaty. Of course,some people realized that Hitler was crazy and did not vote for him,but they were not enough,Hitler became Chancellor of the Weimar republic in 1933, because the Weimar republic was worried that Hitlers new percent of 33% of votes would rise if they did not do something aboutit.When the old president died,Hitler became leader of Germany, and took all of the necessary steps to ensure that he did not lose his position, and he enforced many new rules that eventually led to the second world war.

1 comment:

  1. Nice piece of writing. I liked how you used exact facts that historians looked at over and over again. I also liked how you put every sentence in your own words. This is a good post for wondering how Hitler took control.

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