Hitlers Consolidation of Power

After the First World War, when the Depression had taken hold, much of Europe had turned to dictatorship. Hitler's raise to power could be seen in the light of Fascism in Italy, or Stalin, in Russia. Nazism was a natural product of the Germans worship of power. The Germans failed to create democracy and preferred instead a strengthening state, led by a powerful individual. In January 1933, President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor.

Hitler had tried to take over the government in 1923, known as the Munich Putsch. He did however, fail. He had misread the nations support for him. After he jail sentence, Hitler realised to become part of a democratic system he would have to go about it in a democratic way. Hitler therefore used propaganda to win mass support.
There was strong national hope that Hitler would be able to re-establish Germany's power, after the treaty of Versaille. Foolishly those groups around Hindenburg saw Hitler merely as a stepping stone to s...