Why was Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933?

The Big Picture

Tip
As you watch them think about the THEMES they bring up.
  • How did the Nazis gain from the depression? / How did the Nazis exploit the effects of the depression?
  • How effective was Nazi propaganda? / Why did Germans vote for him and not the democratic parties?
  • Why Hitler? What was so ‘special / appealing’ about him?
  • What weaknesses in the Weimar Constitution worked to Hitler’s advantage? (ESP Voting System)
  • Did he do it all by himself or did he need a ‘deal’ to bring him to power?
A word about significance
The examples of why Hitler rose to power fall into three categories:
  1. outside events
  2. strengths of Hitler and the Nazi Party
  3. weaknesses of Weimar democracy
Think about how significant each set of factors is - how do they ‘fit together, could one have not happened without something else happening first.