As Hitler and the Nazi’s power rose in Germany during the 1920s, 30s and 40s, after World War I, we begin to see how this happened and compare it to the concepts of Democracy which we live by today. We can explore how Democracy had failed in Nazi, Germany and relate it to the events, which surround our world even until this very day. ... German politicians had signed a document on November 11, 1918, which made Germany a republic, a form of Democracy. ... One soldier, Adolf Hitler, spoke out against Germany’s new government and the treaty. ... Hitler once described a speech he had given in his earlier years at the University of Munich. ... ” In September 1919, corporal Adolf Hitler entered politics by joining the German Workers’ Party, which he saw as the beginning of a movement. ... ” Hitler gained even more support as membership increased to hundreds and eventually thousands of communist people. Hitler gained even more popularity with his symbol of the Swastika, an emblem that many anti-Semitic political parties wore. By the end of 1920, the party had grown to about three thousand members and Hitler was voted the leader of the Nazi Party. In an attempt to overthrow the democratic government, Hitler was put into jail for nine months. While in jail, Hitler wrote the book, Mein Kampf, which further expressed his views and opinions. While in jail, Hitler stated, ”…instead of working to achieve power by an armed coup we shall have to hold our noses and enter the Reichstag against the Catholic and Marxist deputies. ... ” After his release in 1924, Hitler had a new plan; to be elected President of Germany. His Nazi party was by now unorganized and hurting for some leadership, so Hitler hurriedly tried to put the party back together. ... With a strong economy, low inflation and people with jobs, all Hitler could do was step back and wait for his time to take control. ... In these desperate times, they had to turn to someone, and that was Adolf Hitler. During Hitler’s campaigning in the 1930s, he traveled the country delivering many of his powerful speeches and converting thousands of people to his side. ... In 1932, Germany’s president, an old Paul von Hindenburg, ran against Hitler for presidency and won. However, for Hitler, a legally established dictatorship was in his reach. With the help of Joseph Goebbels, who had a lot of talent for writing speeches, organizing, and dealing with propaganda, Hitler could gain even more support for entering into the office. After only meeting Hitler twice, Goebbels wrote in his diary, ”Great Joy. ... Heil Hitler! ... Now that Hitler was in a huge position of power, he could turn his attention to the reason why he ventured into politics, which was his hatred of Jews.
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