Heil Hitler is German for hail Hitler and this phrase was what people in Nazi Germany were forced into saying this pledge to Hitler. During this time there was a man in Germany who decided that he wanted to take over the world and his name was Adolf Hitler. Like anyone who needs power he had to rise to it. The first time he tried to take power over Germany his plan was quickly thwarted and he was throw in jail. Once he was released from jail he joined the Nazi party which had ideas that coincided with his own. He used the Nazi party to gain power and he did get power. In 1933 he was appointed chancellor of Germany by the president of the Republic. (Roberts, p 489) When he became chancellor of Germany he eventually rose up the chain once again
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Members of parliament gave themselves special voting powers so they could "govern by emergency decree". (Roberts, 489) What he did was he got the majority of the people in the Nazi party into the reichstag, which was the German government at the time and what happened because of this was Hitler was able to influence the vote and make nothing get done because if it was something Hitler didn't want than it didn't happen. This caused a great deal of stress for the German's current leader so what Germany's leader had done was he made Hitler the chancellor of Germany even though at the time hitler was already practically the leader of Germany now he was the officially the 2nd in command of Germany. After a short period of time he quickly rose up the chain of command again and this time he had become the Füher of Germany. This was a big deal at the time because this gave him a lot of power even though he had control over Germany before he became the leader now it was official he was the leader of Germany. He used his power to to outlaw all the other political parties in Germany, except the Nazi party. (Hitler comes to Power) Hitler also promised a lot of things at the time that seemed liked the best things ever, but the promises he made some he could not fulfill and some of the things he promised got him elected as the ruler of
Members of parliament gave themselves special voting powers so they could "govern by emergency decree". (Roberts, 489) What he did was he got the majority of the people in the Nazi party into the reichstag, which was the German government at the time and what happened because of this was Hitler was able to influence the vote and make nothing get done because if it was something Hitler didn't want than it didn't happen. This caused a great deal of stress for the German's current leader so what Germany's leader had done was he made Hitler the chancellor of Germany even though at the time hitler was already practically the leader of Germany now he was the officially the 2nd in command of Germany. After a short period of time he quickly rose up the chain of command again and this time he had become the Füher of Germany. This was a big deal at the time because this gave him a lot of power even though he had control over Germany before he became the leader now it was official he was the leader of Germany. He used his power to to outlaw all the other political parties in Germany, except the Nazi party. (Hitler comes to Power) Hitler also promised a lot of things at the time that seemed liked the best things ever, but the promises he made some he could not fulfill and some of the things he promised got him elected as the ruler of