German Rise of Adolf Hitler
Fresh out of World War I and full of nationalist ideas, Adolf Hitler felt attracted to the small German Workers Party, an extreme “military-political-Volkish organization.” Shortly after joining the party in 1919, Hitler rose to leader of the party, renaming it the National Socialist Workers Party, or Nazi Party. Hitler and the Nazi Party promised to restore Germany to its former greatness all while destroying Jews and communism. Instances such as the Treaty of Versailles, hyperinflation, and the Great Depression, inevitable led to Hitler’s dictatorship over Germany.
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles ended World War I on June 28, 1919. Terms of the treaty forced Germany to disarm their army, lose territory,
Fresh out of World War I and full of nationalist ideas, Adolf Hitler felt attracted to the small German Workers Party, an extreme “military-political-Volkish organization.” Shortly after joining the party in 1919, Hitler rose to leader of the party, renaming it the National Socialist Workers Party, or Nazi Party. Hitler and the Nazi Party promised to restore Germany to its former greatness all while destroying Jews and communism. Instances such as the Treaty of Versailles, hyperinflation, and the Great Depression, inevitable led to Hitler’s dictatorship over Germany.
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles ended World War I on June 28, 1919. Terms of the treaty forced Germany to disarm their army, lose territory,