He had three main traits – Good Orator, Visionary and Military Strategist – which made him a leader. Hitler was able to connect through others through his speech, notably during the jurisdiction of Hitler’s offense from Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler blames the German politicians for the ‘stab in the back’, while in reality it was negotiated in the losing war, although the Germans liked what they heard of. Kurt Ludecke an eye-witness said “The intense will of [Hitler], the passion of his sincerity seemed to flow from him into me.’ (Nelson,2014)Later in Landsberg jail he wrote the work Mein Kampf – providing about future military strategies about National Socialism to clear for Lebensraum as he writes “All the human culture…product of Aryan” (The History Place, 1966) – which by 1939 has sold 5,200,000 copies. (Telegraph, 2009) With this in mind, it showed people were dissatisfied with Germany’s current situation and appealed to the ideals of Hitler’s ‘optimism’ to bring Germany to power again. Appealing to the anti-Semitic and antidemocratic. Such Hitler through his presentation and visionary ideals convinced many to follow him, as the ONLY way for Germany to recover from the ‘stab in the back’. …show more content…
The German Workers Party, made by Anton Drexler and Karl Harrer, was a small group who wanted German nationalism and anti-Semitism and who believed the reparations were unfair. Hitler, with his charismatic leadership, blamed on the Jews and Marxists, which attracted the SA and SS. Firstly, the SA had supported the Nazi movement, against the anti: Weimar Republic and communism. Since most were ex-Freikorps, they had empathized with Hitler’s values numbering over 4 million (1934, Nelson, 2014). Secondly the SS, run by Heinrich Himmler, was anti-Semitic and were in charge for Nazi intelligence and the concentration camps. They declared ‘My Honor is Loyalty’ (Nelson, 2014) to Hitler and systematically murdered anyone who posed to be a threat; such the Jews. It explains that Hitler gained popularity through support from people who wanted to regain control of Germany. Ultimately through any means, even violence. It also shows that he had ensured the army to be obedient which allowed him to be the leader of the Nazi through propaganda and full authority. Hitler has so ‘brainwashed’ those involved to follow his dogmatic views and has suppressed other views against the Nazi; creating fear (achieving a ‘Terror State’) and elimination of free speech to those who