Adolph Hitler lead the Nazi Party and rose to power in 1932 after being appointed chancellor by the German president. People in Germany were upset by how they were being treated under the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler exploited the increasing ethnic nationalism and the suffering that Germany was experiencing caused by the Great Depression. He promised to conquer territory and give the land to impoverished Germans justifying this by promoting the idea that citizens such as Jews and Slavic people as well as others were subhuman. This was his justification in taking their property. He was appointed based on several promises such as fixing the economy, reclaiming land lost during WWI, persecuting Jews, opposing socialism and communism, and creating
