In what ways, and with what success, did Hitler (after 1933) honour the promises he made relating to domestic issues during his rise to power?
Hitler, the leader of the NSDAP also known as the Nazi Party, became chancellor of Germany in January 1933 and consequently Fuhrer in August 1934. Up until this point he had been gaining popularity quickly especially in the years after the Great Depression. This is due to the many promises he made regarding the economic situation as during his rise to power unemployment had reached record heights and many businesses had subsequently gone bankrupt because of the previous reliance of loans. Hitler made promises to create jobs thus decreasing unemployment, and to make Germany great again by doing things such as ignoring certain terms of the Treaty of Versailles and adopting a policy of Autarky when it came to trade. Overall Hitler did at least attempt to fulfil those promises he made during his rise to power however success was often questionable and Germany’s economic revival seemed …show more content…
This shows that Hitler was a weak dictator and overall unsuccessful in controlling the economy, as most of it he left to other people which even caused problems later on. The lack of a coherent economic policy or even a singular person to run the economy possibly caused the most problems especially during the war. Because of the multiple organisations within the nazi party that had control over either the economy or production, resources were not used effectively and this problem was only solved by Speer who created the Central Planning Board in April 1942. This shows that Hitler’s success was limited when it came to domestic policies because of his lack of organisation and involvement in the running of his
Hitler, the leader of the NSDAP also known as the Nazi Party, became chancellor of Germany in January 1933 and consequently Fuhrer in August 1934. Up until this point he had been gaining popularity quickly especially in the years after the Great Depression. This is due to the many promises he made regarding the economic situation as during his rise to power unemployment had reached record heights and many businesses had subsequently gone bankrupt because of the previous reliance of loans. Hitler made promises to create jobs thus decreasing unemployment, and to make Germany great again by doing things such as ignoring certain terms of the Treaty of Versailles and adopting a policy of Autarky when it came to trade. Overall Hitler did at least attempt to fulfil those promises he made during his rise to power however success was often questionable and Germany’s economic revival seemed …show more content…
This shows that Hitler was a weak dictator and overall unsuccessful in controlling the economy, as most of it he left to other people which even caused problems later on. The lack of a coherent economic policy or even a singular person to run the economy possibly caused the most problems especially during the war. Because of the multiple organisations within the nazi party that had control over either the economy or production, resources were not used effectively and this problem was only solved by Speer who created the Central Planning Board in April 1942. This shows that Hitler’s success was limited when it came to domestic policies because of his lack of organisation and involvement in the running of his