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Adolf Hitler. His name still haunts society more than sixty years after he took his life, hours before Nazi Germany surrendered to the Soviet Army in Berlin in 1945. He was born on 20th April 1889, in the small Austrian town named Braunau. Hitler was well known for his natural public speaking and leadership skills, even throughout his schooling life. It was these key features about Hitler that enabled the National Socialist Party (or Nazi Party) to become the leading political party in Germany and for Hitler to become Chancellor in 1933. Hitler's appointment as Chancellor made not only himself more powerful but also the Nazi political party as a whole as they became the dominant political party in Germany.
The way in which Hitler became Chancellor was unique and was only possible due to the warring political powers in Germany during the 1920's and 1930's. The depression that followed Germany's surrender in World War 1 was a key factor in Hitler's appointment. The Nazi's used the depression as a weapon equipped with propaganda to raise support. They used the Depression to criticize the Weimar Republic on the failure to maintain a recognizable economy for Germany. This criticism gained huge support for the Nazi party because many Germans judged Germanys success on the strength of its economy. The propaganda included posters and Nazi gatherings where promises were made to boost employment with leadership in Germany. Hitler also used his natural leadership and public speaking skills to exploit the Weimer Republic's weakening state and decreasing popularity by challenging their credibility as a government. All these aspects put things in motion, which ended in Hitler being appointed Chancellor.
The way in which Hitler became Chancellor was unique and was only possible due to the warring political powers in Germany during the 1920's and 1930's. The depression that followed Germany's surrender in World War 1 was a key factor in Hitler's appointment. The Nazi's used the depression as a weapon equipped with propaganda to raise support. They used the Depression to criticize the Weimar Republic on the failure to maintain a recognizable economy for Germany. This criticism gained huge support for the Nazi party because many Germans judged Germanys success on the strength of its economy. The propaganda included posters and Nazi gatherings where promises were made to boost employment with leadership in Germany. Hitler also used his natural leadership and public speaking skills to exploit the Weimer Republic's weakening state and decreasing popularity by challenging their credibility as a government. All these aspects put things in motion, which ended in Hitler being appointed Chancellor.