Causes of Hitler to Power

Causes of Hitler to Power

The Nazis brought back strong nationalism to Germany in their response to The Treaty of Versailles, the hosting of the Berlin Olympics and the spread of an idea of Aryan race being superior to all other races. Since after WWI, Germany’s nationalism was put to the test, with the economic and social crises within the country and being force to accept the blame from for starting the war. This led to a down point of German national pride. In Hitler’s attack on democracy, he stated that German people and their military were betrayed by the democratic politicians in 1918 and allowed Germany to be humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles. [1] When the democratic leaders of Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, many soldiers felt they still had the ability to fight and felt betrayed by the government because of the high price Germans have to pay for to the damages done to other countries. This eventually led an economic crisis in Germany. Many people died out of starvation causing people’s hatred against the democratic government to build. Hitler’s afore mentioned statement would help him gain supporters who suffered during this economic crisis. This also built up nationalism because a vast majority of people came together with the same beliefs raised the confidence of the nation. The 6th summer Olympic Games was held in Berlin, 1936.[2] The Berlin Olympics was a great opportunity for Hitler’s propaganda for the Nazi party; Germany won more gold metals than any other country. They won 33 gold metals to 24 by the U.S.A. This Hitler claimed, showed the natural superiority of the German race over ‘inferior’ races like blacks and Jews. [3] This will also help develop a country’s confidence, because its people will feel a sense of pride and eventually a strong national pride. The idea of Aryan being superior comes from Nazism. Many Germans were Aryans and were considered by Nazis to be both physically and mentally superior to all other races. [4] Racism against the Jews is...

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