Rise of Adolf Hitler
Hitler’s rise began in 1919 when he joined the German Workers’ Party. Which was changed in 1920 to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party or the Nazi Party. Two years later he would become chairman of the Nazi Party. As chairman he created his own personal army known as the SA or storm troopers. These were nicknamed the “Brownshirts” or “brown shirted thugs” because of their brown uniforms. Hitler was naturally a powerful and spellbinding speaker because of this many people looked up to him in desperation for his ability to speak and convince a crowd. Supporters of Nazism were promised to have Germany given back it’s pride, the Treaty of Versailles overturned, high employment, and a strong government. On November 8, 1923 Adolf Hitler attempted to seize control of Germany through a putsch (coup) known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler led his army to a beer hall in Bavaria where local government leaders were conducting a meeting. The Nazi’s captured the politicalian’s and Hitler put himself in power. However, when his group marched to the Bavarian War Ministry building police began to open fire. Hitler was arrested and sentenced to a five years in jail after a 24-day trial. On December 20, 1924, Hitler was then released from prison only serving nine months. Hitler continued his strive towards power and realized the best way to do this was through the use of ballots rather than bullets. This failure in imprisonment taught Hitler he could get away with his actions and that the western democracies were weak. During the 1930’s a worldwide economic depression hit the country causing millions of individuals out of work. Adding to this, Germany had an humiliating defeat in World War 1 fifteen years prior. Germans had lacked confidence in the Weimar Republic and their weak government system. As Hitler began to challenge the treaty more and more he began to grow in power and popularity. Nazism appealed especially to unemployed, young individuals and members of the lower middle class. With the Nazi Reign beginning to grow, in the 1932 elections the Nazi Party had got 33 percent of the votes. This had been more votes than any other party. Hitler was appointed the chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933 by President Paul Von Hindenburg to make an effort to keep Hitler and the Nazi Party “in check”.
Dakota Wilson & Brianna Watt