hitler became chancellor

• Hitler becomes Chancellor


  1933
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• WW2 in Germany
• Cold War in the 1950s
• John Hunter
• Elizabethan Government
• Factors that allowed Hitler to become Chancellor

  • Hitler
  • The Nazi Party
  • The Depression
  • Fear of Communism
  • Von Papen/Intrigue
• Hitler


  He was very charismatic and a genius showman who knew how to work an audience. His basic message was that the German people were not to blame for the problems in Germany and he encouraged people to find their inner-confidence in order to make Germany great.
• Hitler


  • David Bowie- 'Hitler was the first rock-star'
  • Michael Jackson- 'Hitler was a genius'
• Hitler


  • His speeches were like nothing anyone else had done before
• The Nazi Party


  It came across as being modern, was well organised with its own youth group (the HJ), used effective propaganda, and had the SA as its private army which attacked political opponents
• The Depression


  6 million were unemployed and one third were on benefits, people lost faith in normal political parties such as the SPD and looked for radical parties who promised radical solutions, that is why people started to vote for anti-democratic parties such as the Nazis and the Communists
• Fear of Communism


  People didn't vote for Hitler because they liked him, the voted for him because they shared the same dislikes. People were scared of Communism and thought Hitler would be better than the Communists
• Between July and November 1932

  The Nazis lose 2 million votes and it looks like they are finished
• Former Chancellor, von Papen, comes up with a plan


  To make him vice-Chancellor and Hitler Chancellor, von Papen thinks he will control Hitler
• Hitler becomes Chancellor


  January 30th 1933