Hindenburg needed a Chancellor who had realistic support in the Reichstag and Hitler was given the position. Hindenburg and his advisor von Papen thought they could control Hitler. By becoming Chancellor, they allowed Hitler’s opinions to be taken seriously. He was permitted to call for another election in March 1933. This gave him a chance to gain a Nazi majority in the Reichstag.
could control the other large parties such as the Catholic Centre Party - able to pass the policy of ‘Kulturkampf’ in 1871 • This meant Bis. had an opportunity to put his idea of ‘negative integration’ into practise where the proper Germans would be united against a common enemy – the Catholic Church • This repressive policy actually made his influence over the National Liberals even securer – most German liberals were protestant and viewed the papacy as an opponent to their ideology. • Support of National Liberals meant he could keep the more liberal elements of their party under control from 1871 to 76 • This control was hugely
Hindenburg couldn't oppose against the public's choice otherwise he would be going against the democratic ‘Weimar republic’ regulation of including the people’s views. Overall, Hitler’s popularity with the nation was one of the main reasons why he was appointed as chancellor. He promised things to a variation of people that not many other politicians had offered. Secondly, because of the propaganda that was responsible for the change of peoples view's of the
Hitler became leader of Germany because he was leader of the most popular party’ How far do you agree with this statement? By 1933 Hitler had consolidated full power over Germany, it can be argued that the main reason he was able to achieve this power was purely down to the fact that he was the leader of the most popular party. However it seems to be clear that there are other factors, which resulted in Hitler becoming leader in Germany, such as the collapse of the Weimar constitution, the effects of the Great depression and the political actions of people such as Von Papen and Schleicher. Some may argue that Hitler had become such a powerful leader due to the popularity of the Nazi party. Anti – democratic figures had seen the Nazi party as potential allies to provide popular support for an authoritarian regime.
Although the Kaiser could dissolve the Reichstag, it couldn’t be dismissed indefinitely and had the right to hold elections straight after dissolution. Power of Reichstag made clear through Daily Telegraph affair 1908. Shows they had power as Bulow ended up losing his role as chancellor as he failed to censor the interview in which the Kaiser expressed desires for an alliance with Britain. Shows the Kaiser could not displease the Reichstag. Turn out of the Reichstag elections increased from 50% in 1871 to nearly 85% in 1912 – the German people had realised that it was important, no longer viewed it as a meaningless institution.
The German public saw Hitler as god-like with his vast power and glorifying the German race as being the “master race.” When he finally reversed the power of the Treaty of Versailles and rebuilt Germany’s armed forces, the German nation basically did as he told them to do. This was seen as one of his major successes. Another would be numerous military successes. He united Germany after the humiliation of World War I and extended the Germen territory into Eastern Europe. This would be his military successes.
Some historians say it was the consent and willingness of the German people that took him to Fuhrer but there are other strong arguments such as the Enabling Law, the demolishment of other political parties and trade unions, his agreements with the church, media and industrialists and the Night of the Long Knives. One of the main reasons Hitler was able to come into power was the consent from the German people. Without their willingness to believe and back Hitler, he wouldn’t have been able to gain any real momentum. On the 5th of March in 1933 the Nazis increased their vote from 33.1% to 43.9%, securing them 288 seats. One of the ways Hitler got the backing of the German people was by telling them what they wanted to hear.
The reason why Germany needed the Weltpolitik is that it craved to became a World Power. It had already become a big power in the fields of commerce and industry and what it wanted was an empire to reflect its status so that it would be considered equivalent to other large empires, like Britain and Russia. Others believe that Weltpolitik was the only solution to the problems caused by the
Eventually, after von Schleicher resigns, Hitler is made Chancellor after von Papen persuades Hindenburg. Von Papen thought that as long as there were a limited number of Nazis in the cabinet then Hitler could be controlled. Von Papen was wrong. Once you let Hitler in, it’s nigh-on impossible to get him out again. Also there was the weakness of the Weimar government, which played its part in
The German confederation was formed after the Vienna Settlement in 1815. During the 1860’s and 1870 Bismarck came into power and led Prussia in working with the German confederation to ascend in power and unify the confederation into a country. The German country would then be led by Prussia, with Bismarck in power. By 1871, this goal was eventually achieved after many contributing factors. The wars in which Prussia fought were undoubtedly significant to the unification of Germany, but however, I feel that it was not the sole factor that contributed to the unification of Germany.