The Rise of Adolf Hitler

During the 1920's and early 1930's Germany was unstable socially, economically and politically. The governments were more often in a state of disarray than not, the population was disillusioned and scared, and the Great Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 saw the economy crumble to an all time low. These unfavourable factors combined to create a nation of precarious stature, a country which was looking for a saviour. This came in the form of fascism, an ideology in which the individual is dominated by an all-powerful state under the control of one supreme leader. The hand to lead the people of Germany out of all the problems and deceptions of these terrible times was Adolf Hitler, fascist dominator. These difficulties gave Hitler and the Nazi party the opportunity to employ their propaganda skills to capture this disenchanted nation and win their hearts, and the German People.

In the mid 1920's Adolf Hitler was the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party.

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, Germa...

Adolf Hitler in Yugoslavia.

According to Bullock, Hitler was an opportunistic ...

Much of Hitler's success as a politician during his pilgrimage to higher power in Germany was due to his powerful and dominating personality. A master orator, not only was Hitler a charismatic speaker, but his public speaking was so passionate and dynamic that the crowds would be driven wild with enthusiasm of the ideas he preached. Hitler's oratory often made vague promises while avoiding the details, by using simple catch phrases, repeated over and over. Hitler's dominance and authoritarian nature was a much-needed change for the people of Germany, following the indecisive and so often unsuccessful muddling of the Weimar government and its predecessors. Hitler's use of aggressive propaganda and use of his terror campaign in the people; however it was not the only reason. The Weimar government becoming weak was a major factor in Hitler's rise to...