Hitler's rise to chancellorship

... restored profits for employers, higher prices for farmers and protection against competition for shopkeepers. The Nazis also seemed likely to take action, as the party seemed very strong with a powerful SA (who had already fed and housed the homeless) and a powerful leader, who had already put his future at risk by organising and going through with The Beer Hall Putsch in 1924. This seemed like just what Germany needed to restore itself to its former wealth and glory like before the war.

Another reason why the Nazis won over the many other parties in the coalition was that the other major parties, including The Social Democrats and The Conservatives, just thought that ordinary Germans would see through the Hitler and the Nazis, seriously under-estimating their power. Because the system of proportional representation was being used, many parties, all with contrasting views, formed the coalition. They just quarrelled among themselves, not agreeing with each others views with no-one being willing to be associated with unpopular measures, rather than simply agreeing that Hitler and the Nazis were posing a threat and uniting to face the Nazis' challenge. If they had have agreed to work together to try to overthrow Hitler and the Nazis, then the Nazis may not have eventually gained an overall majority.

The Nazis had views that the majority of Germans agreed with, including their anti-Semitist, anti-Marxist and anti-Communist stances. Basically, the Nazis stood for what the people of Germany wanted. The Nazis policies were often very vague, repeating ideas that were popular and never again repeating unpopular ideas. Many Germans were unsure of what the Nazis stood for, but trusted that they'd keep their promises and that was what mattered. Hitler's promises that he would "make Germany great again" were good enough for most Germans.

The Nazis' flexible policies and ideas had then to be broadcast, to let the whole country know, in order for t ...