Hitler's Rise to Power

Analytical Essay # 116721

History > European - World Wars
History > Leaders
Holocaust Studies

An analysis of how Adolf Hitler succeeded in his quest for power.

964 words () | 4 sources | MLA | 2009 United States

Paper Summary:

The paper identifies three reasons why Hitler managed to gain such power; there was rampant anti-Semitism, the rest of the world underestimated him and Hitler also managed to gain the trust of the German people because he carried out his promises. The paper therefore shows how Hitler gained power through a brilliant combination of politics, economic policy and psychological and military might. The paper points out that it is easy from a new millennium perspective to dismiss Adolf Hitler as an obsessive madman who fooled an entire nation, but, on the contrary, Hitler was a brilliant politician who sold himself very well and eliminated those who did not buy his philosophy.

From the Paper:

"On March 7, 1936, German troops, under the leadership of dictator Adolf Hitler, took over the Rhineland. Hitler not only blatantly violated the Treaty of Versailles; this act, essentially the beginning of World War Two, proved to the world that Hitler was not only a force to be reckoned with; it also gave later scholars years of theorizing as to how a supposedly "civilized" country like Germany could fall definitively under the spell off such a man. One can essentially pinpoint three definitive reasons why Hitler could have gained such power."

Sample of Sources Used:

Goldhagen, Daniel J. Hitler's Willing Executioners, New York: Vintage Press, 2001.
www.historyplace.com
www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.htm
www2.dsu.nodak.edu/users/dmeier/Holocaust/Hitler.html