Hitlers Rise To Power


 
 
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Hitlers Rise To Power

Hitlers's Rise To Power: Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria. Hitler’s rise was due to the crisis of economy, polity and society in Germany. In the First World War, Hitler joined the army and earned a medal for bravery. Germany’s defeat and the humiliating Versailles Treaty made him join the German Worker’s Party in 1919. He took over the organisation and renamed it as the National Socialist German Workers Party. It was later known as the Nazi Party.

  • In 1919 Hitler got selected as the German Workers' Party leader owing to his excellent oratory skills, his devotion to German pride and his growing anti-Jewish sentiments two years later.
  • Hitler renamed the German Worker’s Party, as the National Socialist German Workers Party and used different propaganda to reach out to the German people.
  • Hitler’s powerful speeches and grand rallies were reinforced through colourful posters and flyers. The waving red flags further added to the aggressive energy of Nazi parades.  
  • When Hitler got arrested after a failed coup to take over the Weimar in 1923, he wrote his famous autobiography “Mein Kampf” or my struggle.
  • In the 1930 and 1932 election the Nazi Party got a majority of the seats in the Reichstag. The Weimar Republic fell and was replaced with Hitler’s Third Reich government. On 30th January 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany.
  • Reasons Behind Hitler's Rise : In 1923, Hitler planned to seize control of Bavaria,march to Berlin and capture power.He was arrested,tried for treason and later released.Nazism became a Mass Movement. However, the Nazis could not effectively organize  popular support till the early 1930's. After 1929,banks collapsed,business shut down and people lost their jobs.In this situation of despair, Nazi propaganda gave hope of a better future to the German people.

    Hitler was a powerful speaker.His passionate speeches about the Fatherland and promises inspired people.Promise made by Hitler were as follows :

  • He promised to build a strong nation,undo the injustice of the Versailles Treaty,restore the dignity of the German people and create opportunities  for unemployed people.
  • He promised employment for those looking for work and a secure future for the youth.
  • He promised to weed out all foreign influence and to resist all foreign conspiracies against Germany.
  • Developments at the time of Hitler: The Red banners with the Swastika,the Nazi salute and the ritualized rounds of applause after every speech were new developments at the time of Hitler.Nazi propaganda skilfully projected Hitler as a messiah,a saviour,as someone who had arrived to deliver people from their distress.It was an image that captured the imagination of a people whose sense of dignity and pride had shattered and whose were living  in a time of acute economic  and political crises.

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    Question : 1

    Which of the given parties came to be known as Nazi Party?

    Right Option : C
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    Question : 2

    Which of the following is not regarding rise of Hitler's political influence ?

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 3

    Which of the following is not one of the reasons behind Hitler's rise to power ?

    Right Option : D
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