Dunia Malezai "A successful economic policy was the key behind Hitlerôs maintenance of power in Germany." - To what extent do you agree with this statement? Hitler maintained power in Germany through a number of different measures. The successful economic policy, however, was the most important of all. The economic chaos in Germany after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the overall economic instability of Weimar Germany was a perfect situation for any leader to rise to power and the solution of such an issue will help them maintain power. Therefore, the idea of economic stability and strong political leadership demonstrated by Hitler attracted the German citizens, and the Nazi party realized the importance of solving serious economic issues in order to maintain power in Germany. To begin with, unemployment was increasingly high in 1929 due to the Wall Street Crash. Desperate for capital, The U.S began to demand money back from Europe, which resulted in high unemployment especially in Germany as she relied heavily on loans from the United States.
The Great Depression was perhaps a big blow for all European countries including Germany but for The Nazis it was a chance of gaining control over the nation. By 1932 6000,000 people were unemployed in Germany, in the next six years many economic policies were introduced which, together with the natural global economic recovery, reduced unemployment by a huge amount. The Nazi government created millions of jobs through public works especially such as motorway and other infrastructure progammes as well as through rearming, and massive arms-production. Conscription into the German armed forces helped to reduce the numbers of unemployed. Hitler also encouraged the mass production of radios. In this case he was not only concerned with reducing unemployment, but saw them as a means of supplying steady stream...