Why was Hitler able to come to power?

1. Background suited it: The Great Depression

• Overinvestment • Overconfidence in the

economy• Speculators

• Lower orders • Recalled loans

and decline in investments

• Unemployment• Strikes and

demonstrations

Great Depression and world effects

Domino Effect

2. Hitler’s charisma

To ex-soldiers…pride

3. The content of his promises

To entrepreneurs … opportunities

To youths…sense of identity (SA/ Sturmabteilung)

To the workers…jobs

To some Germans…a scapegoat

The

Jew

The use of propaganda

Joseph Goebbels

Immediate Issues: Mistake of President Von Hindenburg

.. And Franz von Papen

..Keeping Hitler in check

How did Hitler Conslidate power?

• Reichstag Fire

The enabling act

The Enabling Act – the SS and the SA

Will the audience kindly remain in their seats….