Reichstag

Weimar Republic established in 1919 was a republic government based on a democratic constitution. The Weimar Republic remained unstable and eventually collapsed due to its association with the Treaty of Versailles, its inability to effectively handle the failing economy, and the lack of organization throughout the bureaucracy. Without rigid decision-making and discipline, the government allowed Hitler to rise through the ranks by playing on the public’s nationalism and fear of Communism, thus…

30th of January 1933 was a momentous day which the leader of the Nazi party – Adolf Hilter was appointed as the chancellor of the Reichstag, granting him power to rule Germany. However, his stand in Germany was not strong enough. In the March1933 election, NSDAP only won around 43.9% of the German votes . It was not the majority. They still needed NSVDP’s help to control the parliament. Opposition parties, like SPD and KPD, on the other hand, gained the second most votes after NSDAP. Therefore,…

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recognise that Hitler could not have put himself in a position to gain power if not for the “mass support” he had won in 1932, in actual fact by this time the NSDAP was the largest party in the Reichstag. Conversely, the author of Interpretation A could have meant that Hitler did not win a majority in the Reichstag and so therefore had no “mass support”. Nonetheless, this explanation is unlikely and what is more, Interpretation D acknowledge that Hitler’s mass support contributed to his rise to…

In 1933 the next elections are held and the Nazis secured a majority of seats in Reichstag by declaring the communist’s party illegal due to their plots. Hitler immediately made the Reichstag pass an enabling law which gave him enormous powers. The enabling law had been one of the flaws of the Weimar Republic. It gave the President powers to cancel out any other laws especially during…

economic depression that was ravishing the nation, and Hitler was the person that was going to do it. On the night of February 27, 1933, Müller set the Reichstag building on fire, framing Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch communist. This allowed Hitler to insinuate that the Communist Party was assembling a revolt and was able to pass the Reichstag Fire Decree, implemented the day after the fire. This decree rescinded German civil liberties and gave police the authority to detain people for…

Following Germany's loss in World War I, German citizens were ashamed and embarrassed to live in Germany. Largely supported by the left, The Weimar Republic reigned, although the right wanted this to end along with socialism and communism. Additionally, the Treaty of Versailles was passed in attempt to resolve conflict, although Germany succumb to unseen consequences in the form of unemployment and a power vacuum. Many German citizens chose to move from the center to conservative and nationalist…

because he feared France would attack them after they were defeated in the Franco-Prussian War. Bismarck tried for national unity yet he disliked Catholics like the Vatican. The constitution consisted of two houses of Parliament which was called the Reichstag and Bundesrat.…

president, although elected, had no set term limit, meaning that they could continue to be re-elected indefinitely. In addition, the president alone chose a large majority of the government, being half of the Reichstag and the Chancellor; both of which had to be approved by the publicly elected Reichstag, but was still ultimately chosen by the president. These appointing responsibilities will eventually lead to the rise in power of Hitler as Chancellor of Weimar Germany before its fall. Despite…

of both long and short term effects assisted in the progression of support by the German people. Hitler's rise was able to occur through the long term use of propaganda and speeches,with people coming to support Hitler through the years. The Reichstag fire was another instance of an internal force aiding Hitler on his rise to power, this was a short term considering Hitler could not use this to aid his arguments forong. However building on it allowed him to achieve what he desired, to use the…