How Did Hitler Influence The Reichstag Election

- Despite gaining power ‘the point is often made that Hitler and the Nazis never gained an overall majority in the Reichstag elections.’ Page 24
- The Nazi party relied heavily on the political parties with a lower socio-economic status, especially after the financial crisis’ as these were the most harshly effected and in need of the replenishment Hitler offered.
- A simple graph in the book (insert title) shows that Hitler and the Nazi party were elected to power with only approximately 35% of the votes cast.
- Hitler promised freedom from the allied powers of WW1
- Younger generations, who had grown up with the doctored, Nazi approved versions of history/maths/science gave full support to hitler, as they did not know the truth about the …show more content…
- By 1936, Hiter had gained 98.8% of the registered voters to support his slowly expanding military prowess.
- Hitler used a state-run newspaper (all would eventually be under his control) to spread complementary publicity about himself, and poor publicity about his enemies.
- This would aid him in spreading his public image as the saviour that Germany had been waiting for.
- Once the Anschluss had been reached with Austria, Hitler turned attention to Czechlosvakia, with the goal of reuniting german