-Hitler was a good political strategist, willing to wait for right opportunity to take power gradually. He was skillful at making deals to advance his own position
-November 1932 elections, Nazi support dropped by 2 million votes, lost 34 seats in Reichstag. Hitler made a deal with the conservatives to get himself back to power-Jan 1933, Hitler invited to be Chancellor. 1st yr as chancellor, Hitler ruled in Coalition gov as a result of deal made by politicians who had undermined his capabilities. When time was right & he had won enough support, Hitler acted decisively to take control over gov.
Reorganising of Nazi party
-Talk of equality, state control of economy & creation of jobs which attracted the left
-Anti-Boshelvik and anti-communist views appealed to the right
-Promised to solve G's 2 main problems of rampant unemployment & crisis in farming sector
True orator
-prep and practiced his speeches
-could gauge mood of audience
-Had incredible energy; made 3-4 speeches a day
-Appeared sincere to the people
Beer Hall speeches
-made many speeches in beer halls where ppl were at ease and easily swayed
-started speeches calmly and logically
-began to rant & rave when the audience got drunk
Addressed people's concerns
-know concerns of the people
-Used 'November Criminals', communists and the Jews as scapegoats for Germany's ills exploitation of fear of communism
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