KMHS History Hitler’s Rise to Power Essay

-Adolf Hitler \"that paper hanger\" was born on April 20, 1889 in Austria Hungary -His father was an abusive drunk, so he was closer to his mother -Eventually he was sent away to school -After his Father died, he persued his dream of becoming an artist, but he was rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts twice. -WWI broke out, and he was given permission to join the German army. He thought the war was a great experience, and ge even recieved the Iron Cross -When Germany surrendered, he felt stabbed in the back by communist revolutionaries and parliamentary politicians, and he eventually blamed the Jews -Many people wonder if WWII could have been prevented if Hitler's early life was less traumatic, or if died in WWI.

-Hitler was granted a spot in the Weimar government and was ordered to spy on the German Workers party, which was the far right group of retired soldiers, whose goal was to undermine the Weimar Republic -Hitler was eventually won over by the group and he ends up joining -it is here he realizes his talent- public speaking. -By 1921, Hitler was the leader of the group and it became the National Socialist German Workers Party, otherwise known as the Nazis, which was basically a Fascist party

-In 1923, Hitler and the Nazis tried to takeover Munich in a coup d'etat known as the \"Beer Hall Putsch\" -Despite enlisting the help of Ex German general, Eric Von Ludendoff, the coup fails miserably and Hitler is sent to prison for 9 months for high treason -it is in jail that he writes \"mein kampf\" which translates to \"my struggle\" -the book describes his struggles and what he wants to do with his party -he shares how he is angry at the Weimar government, how he blames the Jews for everything, and the Treaty of Versailles. The book also reveals his obsession with how to legally gain power

-1929 death of the irreplaceable German Prime Minister Gustav Streissman, as well as the Crash of the Stock Market, leading to the Great Depression. Germany is lead into a dark time where people start looking to extreme left of right for power -the Prime minister at the time is Heinrich Bruning, who is a member of the Catholic Centre Party. He didn't know what to do during the Depression, so he starts issuing executive orders, and overstepping his law making power. This sets a bad precedent for the future prime ministers. -In the September 1930 elections, Nazi's get 21% of the vote and communists have 77 seats. This is a drastic change for the Nazis's, who recieved only 2% of the vote in the 1927 elections -In 1932, the unemployment rate skyrocketed, and in the election in April of the same year, Von Hindenburg recieves 53% of the votes while Hitler receives 37% -Von Hindenburg gets angry with Bruning because he tried to help him get power when Hindenburg believed he could do it alone, so Hindenburg makes Von Papen the new Prime minister -During the July Election of 1932, the Nazi's received 43% of the vote, and in the November elections, they lose 30 seats, but they still have plurality -In 1932, after Von Papen has retired, Hindenburg offers Hitler the chancellorship, but he rejects it because he wants full power -on January 30, 1933, Von Hindenburg legally appoints Adolf Hitler chancellor

- February of 1933, Hitler partly destroys the Reichstag building in the \"Reighstag Fire\" -He blames this on the communists, and this is all part of his \"Big Lie\", which is when Hitler lies about everything to make his campaign popular and successful -In March of 1933, the Enabling Act is passed, which transfers the legislative powers of the Reichstag to Hitler and the cabinet. This transforms his powers of a chancellor to those of a dictator. -This allows Hitler to make laws, so he is basically dictator after being in office for only 5 weeks. -Hitler extends his powers into January of 1934, when the cabinet and Hitler can now make constitutional reforms by decree, and the executive branch can now make laws and extend the constitution, which is essentially a dictatorship

-The last step in Hitler's rise to power is when he begins to eliminate people he views as a threat during the Great Blood Purge in 1934 aka \"Night of the Long Knives\" -These \"threatening people\" we're those who supported more \"socialist ideas\" because Hitler claimed that they were plotting against him -Ernest Rohm was killed along with 77 Nazi Officials

-Hitler would not have been able to rise to power without the depression, which sent Germany into desperate times -The people were in desperate search of power, but they feared communism, so with lack of another option, they turned to Hitler -Hitler had an \"evil charisma\" that grasped people's attention and hypnotized them in his brilliant speeches, which eventually lead to him rising in Germany's government until he reached a state of dictatorship