How Did Hitler Become A Totalitarian Government

The loss of World War One for Germany resulted in food shortages in the country after the British put a naval blockage on the country. The war was over on November 11, 1918 after Germany signed a Treaty called the Armistice. The conditions after World War One left Germany in a vulnerable state, and the once world super power was weakened immensely. That’s when the Nazi party and Adolf Hitler emerged, offering a new direction for Germany. And so this vulnerable state helped aid Hitler in his grasp for power. But he did not do it alone. The Nazi Party with Adolf Hitler as leader was able to establish a totalitarian regime because its policies appealed to German nationalism.
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), was the founder and the leader of National …show more content…
Totalitarian regimes, in contrast to a dictatorship, establish complete political, social, and cultural control over their subjects, and are usually headed by a charismatic leader. Hitler became a totalitarian ruler and turned Germany into a totalitarian state, this meant that he had total power of Germany and the Nazis ruled Germany alone. Hitler became a totalitarian leader due to two things, Violence and Persuasion. The Nazis created a totalitarian state in which Hitler was in total control. They did this in a number of ways. The Nazis tried to control all the aspects of a Germans everyday life. They concentrated on destroying all their opponents, brainwashing people through propaganda, and school, creating fear into the lives of ordinary Germans, and giving people what they wanted so that they would have good reason to support the Nazi regime. A paramilitary secret police ensured compliance. Information and ideas were effectively organized through the control of radio, the press, and education at all levels. Hitler tried to get rid of all his political opponents, because when this was done there would be no threat to his power. His first step was to ban the communist party. He did this by blaming them for starting the Reichstag fire. With the communists out of the way he had great success during the next elections. Soon after the Enabling Acts were passed, Hitler was able to ban all other political parties, making the Nazis the only legal party. On May 2nd 1993 Hitler banned all trade unions, and then signed a concordat with the Catholic Church, which made sure they would stay out of politics.Totalitarian ideologies such as Nazism represents extreme forms of nationalism. Hitler preached, "Your life is bound up with the life of your whole people; the nation is not merely the root of your strength, it is the root of your very life." He asked his people to acknowledge their