The economic depression 1923 & 1929 contributed to Hitler’s rise to power in many ways.

The first thing that led to the economic crisis was when the German economy collapsed, as a result of the depression and low employment. This was a result of the Treaty of Versailles that forced Germany to pay reparations to the allies. The German people protested that it was an intolerable strain on the economy, but the German government ignored it. The German government did their best to play for time and to negotiate concessions from the allies, but because the French were quite impatient and also had to pay war debts to the USA. They wanted their money back, so French and Belgium troops invaded the Rhur, in the Rhineland to take German goods and raw materials. This made the Germans very angry and because of this as well as the strikes where the German people refused to work, money became useless and there was chaos round the whole country. Hyperinflation then se

The adoration of the people elevated him to total leadership so what ever his policies were people followed.

Hitler’s belief was that people needed someone to blame for the situation that Germany was in and if he suggested a scapegoat for Germanys many problems it would assist and be easier for the German people to understand. They needed an explanation and Hitler gave them one: The Allies, The Treaty of Versailles, The Communists, ‘The November Criminals’ and the Jews. Now the Germans had people to blame, all they needed was a strong and powerful leader and Hitler fulfilled their need.

Hitler got his way with people at huge public meetings known as rallies, at these rallies his magnetic personality was able to hypnotize the crowd, who would then follow his views and terms.

t in. At the same time America wasn’t helping much because of the 1929 Wall street crash that didn’t make it any easier for Germany. Eventually a new right wing Prime Minister called Stressman came into power and called off passive resistance in the Rhur. People then

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