Reichstag

Jewish community, communists, anyone who had a different view or was thought to be a threat of the Nazi party as a whole, he would use the Gestapo to eliminate them. Hitler saw communist to be a huge threat to fascism, this was portrayed in the Reichstag Fire. It was never officially determined that the Nazi party was responsible for this catastrophic event, however, all fingers are pointing in Hitler's way. A communist by the name of, Van der Lubbe, was arrested and put in jail with a few…

Hitler benefited from a unique set of circumstances, which provided opportunities for him to advance his leadership and power aspirations. It took, however, an extraordinary politician to achieve the level of political success he experienced in being appointed chancellor of Germany with only minority support from the ballot box. Through clever positioning, dogged determination, intimidation and masterful salesmanship Hitler maneuvered continuously until he gained and sustained power. His…

and started National Socialist German Workers ' Party, or Nazi party for short. Hitler had a powerful voice in which he used to persuade people to follow him. In 1924, his Nazy party was not particularly known, and only got 3% of the votes to the Reichstag, however in 1932, the worst times for Germany’s economy, he participated again. He won 33% of the votes, which was the most out of all other parties. By January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor, the head of the German government. Many…

The Great Depression and Adolf Hitler The great depression was a worldwide crisis. When it began and when it ended varied from country to country. Most people think that the great depression occurred just because of the stock market crash. There are many roles that played into the great depression; overproduction, uneven incomes, weak banking system, Hoover’s failures, and the gold standard. Overproduction did not just mean in the factories, it also meant in the agriculture part of the economy…

re-industrialization. This frightened the German people because once again the Weimar Government could not support the working people. At this point, extreme ideologies looked really good to the Germans. The Nazi party had 44% of the power in the Reichstag post Great Depression as opposed to 6.5% before the Great Depression. Clearly, after the Hyperinflation of the 20’s and Great Depression of the 30’s, the German people were fed up…

World War Two included thirty countries and resulted in an estimated 50 - 80 million deaths. The start of the worlds deadliest conflict was Hitlers invasion on Poland in 1939, this however was not a spontaneous attack by the Nazi Party, it was a result of many factors that begun since the end of World War One. The failure of The Treaty of Versailles and The League of Nations, and the collapse of Wall Street allowed Germany to regain forces quickly and commence a powerful attack on the rest of…

he was elected Chancellor of Germany in 1933, which was a very important year for Hitler. (The History Place 1996) During this year, Hitler took complete control over Germany and the pages of Mein Kampf came to life. On February 27th, 1933, The Reichstag building was burned to the ground. This was the beginning of the numerous horrific acts to come in the following years of Hitler’s reign. During this year the first concentration camp opened in Oranienburg, Jewish shops were boycotted by the…

"Long live the great German Republic!" ("Schenker Documents Online") was the focus of what Philipp Scheidemann tried to achieve during his life. He was a German, part of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Germany, and a strong supporter of government ruled by the people and the officials they elected. He started off as a printer for the SPD and worked his way up into leadership roles. Scheidemann is most famously known for being head of the SPD and proclaiming Germany to be a republic (Braun).…

Hitler’s coming to power “Hatred is more durable than aversion,” is what Adolf Hitler wrote on page 371 of his book Mein Kampf. Many would argue how he was the world’s most hated man whom took millions of Jews lives, but certainly this insane man had to have got into power somehow. This particular Dictator came to power by confronting his people about the current issues happening in both Germany and Prussia; although what he said was true, Hitler had done the complete opposite from what…

Without this help the Nazi party would not have been in a position to seek power. Hitler was invited to be Chancellor of Germany in January 1933 and at this time Germany was still a democracy. A week before a general election in March 1933 the Reichstag building burnt down and Hitler asked the president Hindenburg to grant him emergency powers to stop a communist takeover. Hindenburg agreed to pass the law for the protection of the people and state, which resulted in a ban of the communist and…