who helped

• Heinrich Bruning was chancellor from 1930-1932, he undermined democracy and used 110 decrees during his time as chancellor as he lacked the Reichstag support to govern properly. failed to alleviate depression's suffering. uninspiring and failed to make a coalition to withstand extremists
• Franz Von Papen was Chancellor from May to November 1932, he was seen as inept and not taken seriously as he was not in any party. Von Schleicher persuaded Bruning to step down and told Hindenburg to appoint Von Papen to have him act as a popular puppet. They thought they could do the same with Hitler, but Hitler exploited their lack of activity to win votes
• Paul Von Hindenburg was the German president, he hated democracy and allowed Bruning to rule by decree. he also showed this by appointing von Schleicher and von Papen as chancellor despite them being self-serving. HE appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 despite hating Hitler and the fall in NSDAP support
• Business tycoons like Bosch and Siemens feared the KPD and funded the NSDAP to support them from 1930. Bavarian businessmen even funded the first Nazi newspapers in the 1920's. this persuaded Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor in 1933
• after the Wall Street crash, German society collapsed, and the divorce, suicide, and bankruptcy rates all rose. in January 1933, 6 million were unemployed, and extremism rose from both the left and right-wing, causing fragile Weimar coalitions to collapse
• during the depression the KPD grew from a 10% vote to a 17% vote, threatening farmers and businesses as well as the middle class who wanted a savior from the "red menace". The KPD did not help people's fears as they called for revolutionary change in land and wealth distribution
• Goebbels became more important by spreading consistent messages:

  1. Hitler was strong and Weimar was weak
  2. The KPD wanted to destroy Germany and Hitler intended to defend it
  3. the Nazis would undo the TOV

  they purposefully excluded anti-semetic beliefs in order to encourage moderate/middle class people to vote for hitler
• Hitler won power democratically, with the NSDAP receiving 37% of the vote. however, proportional representation meant small parties had a large influence, meaning conditions were unstable. A majority government would be able to deal with a depression more easily than a coalition
• in the 1920's, the nazi party established themselves as a national party by setting up Gau's and increasing membership to 100,000. they were in a good position to exploit Weimar weaknesses, and the party's main features were established