I agree that the power vacuum left behind by President Hindenburg was a reason for Hitler’s rise to power. However, Hitler’s abilities and the weakness of the Weimar Government were also reasons for Hitler’s rise to power. The power vacuum left by President Hindenburg was a reason for Hitler to rise to power. It allowed him to take over the role of President with out calling for a new election as well as keep his role as Chancellor of Germany. The power vacuum allowed Hitler to become President and as well as stay as the Chancellor of Germany.
This led to Hitler having unlimited power as well as having no one powerful enough to stop him. This resulted in Stalin’s rise to power. However, Hitler’s abilities and the weakness of the Weimar Government were also reasons for Hitler’s rise to power. Hitler’s abilities were a reason for Hitler to rise to power. He was an excellent speaker and charismatic leader. He was a charismatic speaker and people would listen to him talk for hours because he seemed to understand their problems. Hitler told the people what they wanted to hear. He promised to bring back order to Germany and make the country great again.
He also reorganized the Nazi party. As a result of his jail sentence, he realized that he could not take power by force. He decided to use legal means. Following his release from prison, he concentrated his efforts on reorganizing the Nazi party so that he could win power through elections. He also exploited fear of Communism to win support. Hitler used propaganda to spread fear about the aims of communism. Hitler said that the Nazi party was the only political party that could provide order and prevent the communist from setting up a communist dictatorship like the one in Russia.
Hitler’s abilities enabled him to gain much support from Germany’s people. This led to Hitler having enough support to overthrow the government. Thus, this resulted in Hitler’s rise to power. Lastly, the weakness of the Weimar Government was also a reason for Hitler’s rise to power. Having governments with very short life-spans was very disruptive to the day-to-day running of Germany. The German public was left with the impression that their new democratic system could not get things done.
The Weimar Government was unable to keep order in the country. The government spent much of it’s time trying to suppress riots and attempts to overthrow the government. The Weimar Government’s own army could not put down the revolutions. It frequently relied on the Freikorps to put down the Communist revolts. The Weimar Government thus looked as if it was too weak to control the country. The Weimar Government’s weakness led the public to believe that it was weak and incompetent, not being able to govern the country properly.
This resulted in many people of the public to believe in Hitler’s speeches as they felt unstable and unsafe. Thus, this resulted in Hitler’s rise to power. In conclusion, I think that Hitler’s abilities were the main reason for his rise to power. He was able to gain support from the majority of Germany and used fear to destroy all opposition. The power vacuum left by President Hindenburg was the second most important reason for Hitler’s rise to power, and lastly the Weimar Government’s weakness was also a reason for Hitler’s rise to power.
