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Submitted by rennie on March 24, 2007
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The German dictatorship under Adolf Hitler was indeed created by a Nazi seizure of power – an opportunity arising out of the failure of the conservatives in power to fill the political vacuum after the fall of conventional Weimar democracy. As President of the Reichstag and ruling under Presidential decree, Paul von Hindenburg was charged with maintaining political stability in Germany. Even if democracy was replaced with rightist authoritarian rule, Germany required reason to prevail and ensure a prosperous emergence from the Great Depression. The inability of Hindenburg and those under his control to adequately rectify the lack of political leadership was the decisive factor in Hitler’s Nazi’s rising to prominence. Until 1934, the Nazi’s claim to power was still questionable, but the passivity of Hindenburg allowed for the Nazi’s seizure of power upon his death on 2nd August 1934.
The appointment of Hindenburg as President following the collapse of Weimar in the 1930 elections signalled the death of democracy is Germany and that Germany’s future would be one of right-wing authoritarian rule. The period between 1930 and 1933 was effectively testing ground for the various conservative factions to claim power. Hindenburg’s dissatisfaction with the governments of Bruning and then Von Papen left Germany without a popular Chancellor by late 1932. With even Schleicher, previously Hindenburg’s most influential advisor, falling out of favour with the ageing President, the old General retained the greatest power within Germany and her future resided in his decisions. Therefore, the increasing prominence of Adolf Hitler on the German political landscape was a suppressible phenomenon.
The appointment of Hitler as Chancellor on January 30th 1933 was a concession to the growing support the Nazi’s had gained, especially following the July 1932 elections in which they won 230 seats or 38% of the vote. However, significantly, this was no different...
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