The Nazi Party Was Able To Gain Power Because Of The Appeal Of Hitler’S Personality Discuss.

The Nazi party was able to gain power because of the appeal of Hitler’s personality Discuss.

Post war Germany was certainly no utopia; there was famine, depression, anarchy and social upheaval. The general citizens were all desperately searching for someone to take charge of the situation, and someone did, the Nazi party. The Nazi party was able to gain power for a number of reasons; they used the last Weimar government’s mistakes to their advantage, they also used their current state of economic troubles to leverage people on to their side, but they also used the help of a man, Hitler; they used Hitler’s charismatic personality to gain popularity with the masses, the majority of people thought Hitler sounded like the only man to lead them out of their financial troubles, and their embarrassment after loosing the first world war. On paper Hitler looked great too; firstly Hitler was a war hero, having won two iron crosses in the First World War, he was opportunistic and got many disillusioned people to believe in Germany again by offering a way out of the depression furthermore he was passionate about his country and its dignity, determined to tear up the much loathed treaty of Versailles. To match his strong views he was also a strongly motivating public speaker who could engage even some of his most harsh critics. The Nazi party gained much support from the appeal of Hitler’s personality; they were able to use him to enforce the Nazi beliefs and ideals to the everyday person. The people were so enraptured by him that the Nazi party gained further power from his popularity.

In the First World War Hitler found his true identity, he became a devoted soldier he “never complained about the hardship or conditions and never sought leave” (Mason, 2004). Hitler is attributed with saying that the war was “the greatest and most unforgettable time of my life”. He often undertook dangerous missions, like taking messages to the front line, and because of this bravery he was awarded 5 medals in total including two iron crosses for “personal bravery and general merit” (Mason, 2004). Germany as a whole generally appreciated honor and bravery above “men in top-hats”, and here Hitler was, a war hero, he was just the type of leader that Germany wanted. The Nazi party used his status as a propaganda tool,

Hitler was an amazing public speaker one man who was a witness to one of Hitler’s speeches said “when he spoke…I felt ready to spring on any enemy” (Mason, 2004). This quality of Hitler’s was of great use to the Nazi party, as people would come from all over to hear him talk. At the very beginning when the party only had 200 members “he presented the party's official program … there were almost 2000 present.” This was an amazing feat because before this the party had gained little attention from the people, now, all of a sudden everyone wanted to hear what this inspired man had to say. All this attention was of great help to the small party, so from then on Hitler become their mouth piece to the people. Hitler would practice for hours on end getting every action and tone just right. Hitler believed in using “simple concepts that were constantly repeated” ( Mason, 2004) this worked well as it drilled his message into the audiences head, the listeners no matter what intelligence were able to understand what he was saying. Hitler also believed that “the spoken word was always more effective than the written word” (Mason, 2004)it was understanding like this that allowed him to really get through to the common people, he could always manage to rile up excitement in a crowd, especially if he had left them for an hour waiting вЂ" a technique he often used to build up suspense. Using Hitler as the poster man the Nazi party soon became a well known name they used this to their advantage, winning over the public that were now noticing more and more this little right wing party, by getting