I know from my background knowledge that once Hitler was named Chancellor big bankers and industrialists, including Krupp and I. G. Farben, had lobbied Hindenburg and schemed behind the scenes on behalf of Hitler because they were convinced he would be good for business. Hitler promised to be for free enterprise and keep down Communism and the trade union movements. Being appointed as Chancellor also was a starting point to his dictatorship as without it he would have been able to continue his consolidation and wouldn’t have been able to pass such laws as the Enabling Act. Another way Hitler established a dictatorship was through the passing of the Enabling Act 1933. This established a dictatorship because it allowed Hitler to arguably do whatever he pleased.
However the central committee and the politburo refused to order Ruitin’s execution, Stalin viewed this as a betrayal. In December 1934, Kirov was murdered by Nikolayev who claimed was working for a secret terror group who wanted to overthrow the soviet government; however Zinoviev and Kamenev were arrested for the conspiracy of Kirov’s Murder. This murder rid Stalin of his most powerful rival, whilst allowing him to imprison two of his old opponents, basically “two birds with one stone”. The Murder of Kirov allowed Stalin to establish dictatorship because with the death of Kirov, it gave Stalin an excuse to purge and the purges became more systematic and far-reaching.In the spring of 1937, Stalin argued that the conspiracy against the Soviet people was not restricted to the forty or so people involved in the show trials, and so the start of the purges against the party and army began. The effects on the party were dramatic.
In Prussia he established a secret police or Gestapo to further intimidate people with violent actions against anyone who spoke up against the state - which they interpreted to be the Nazi Party. These policemen launched their own 'reign of terror' in February 1933, disrupting and breaking up meetings of political parties; making arrests and interrogating suspects. All this was aimed at anyone seen to be a threat to Hitler's aim of winning a majority. These police forces were ordered by Goring to use their firearms on anyone they suspected of being an enemy of the state - or face punishment themselves. More than 50 political murders took place in the month before the elections.
How far was the economic slump in Germany responsible for the remarkable rise in support for the Nazi party in the years 1928-32? Germany’s economic slump was a major factor in the Nazi’s good fortunes; however it was by no means the only factor which contributed to their rise in support. Linked with the poor economic climate, the political situation was in a dire condition, with no party apparently able to find a solution to Germany’ problems. A societal shift away from support for democracy also enhanced the NSDAP’s support as they seemed to offer a new hope to the public. The elite undermined Weimar as a result of their traditional values and hatred of democracy.
The Holocaust The year was 1939; most of the world was just climbing out of the Great Depression and looking forward to a better decade ahead. Little did anyone realize the consequences of Adolf Hitler’s power he had gained within the German government and people, or the devastating world crisis that would result from it. Hitler was elected into power, he did not force his way in. Once he gained power in 1932, he convinced many Germans that a citizen’s sole reason for existence was to serve the state. He also blamed Germany’s difficulties on the Jews but did not tell the people his true intention was to exterminate them.
To what extent was the Great Depression responsible for the collapse of the Weimar Republic? While the Great Depression had a huge impact on Germany, it is too simplistic to say that the Depression alone led to the collapse of the Weimar Republic. The Depression had a great impact both economically, socially, politically and psychologically, but its main significance was the opportunity it provided radical politicians such as Hitler. The collapse of the Republic itself can almost be described as inevitable, having being built on unstable and weak foundations. As well as the Depression, the collapse of the Republic can be linked to a large number of factors, including the influence of the army, political instability and constitutional weaknesses.
Comparing The German , Italian And Soviet Totalitarian Regimes During the World War periods, there was three major totalitarian countries. Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union. World economic crisis had bad consequences on Germany producing six million unemployed.The Government seemed incapable to handle the situation and Wiemar republic was on the verge of collapse. Adolf Hitler used the situation using great propaganda against government, blaming them for all the problems in Germany and setting out Nazi solutions to the problems. In 1933 he became Chancellor and very soon Hitler lead democracy to exit.
If Hitler had not committed such atrocities, he could have been the most successful politician ever, dragging a slumping Germany from a great Depression into an economic boom. However, his love of war and hate of Jews among other passions corrupted his name forever. | Heinrich Himmler | October
Each individual nation had its own plan on how to get back on track but none of them were necessarily similar. In the United States, President Roosevelt had implemented the “New Deal”. This “deal” wasn’t as successful as the U.S. originally expected it to be but it had all the parts that would correctly get us, Americans, to fully recover and prevent any further depressions. Countries such as Germany, Britain and Japan simply took it day by day and didn’t necessarily establish a “deal”. In Germany, Hitler took over and he eventually made one of the strongest army’s in the world as well as providing more jobs almost instantly.
Germany, it looked, was on the rise while Stresemann was Chancellor but the Nazis and their appealing polices were al too good for the people of Germany to refuse and so while the votes for the Social Democrats only increased ever so slightly the Nazi votes were plumiting and with every election they grew and grew. The Nazis were brilliant when it came to propaganda and public rallies and meetings. No other party focussed more on propaganda than the Nazis. The Nazis felt that flyers, leaflets, radio, rallies and meetings were the key to success. If a subject proved popular then they would repeat it.