How did Hitler get control over Germany after the depression and how did he….?
Consolidating Power – Hitler becoming chancellor by 1933 · The Munich Putsch showed Hitler that he would have to wait for an election to gain power. · When the country flourished, he had no chance but in Oct 1929 things changed · On 3rd Oct 1929 Gustav Stresemann dies · On 29th Oct, the wall street crash began in the US, share prices fell, many businesses became bankrupt · US banks called in the loans they had lent to Germany · Without these loans, German industry couldn’t operate · Factories closed, millions lost jobs, Germany sank into economic depression · The old hostility towards the Weimar Republic resurfaced – people blamed the government · People began to lose faith in the parliamentary democracy and turned to extremist groups such as the Nazis · In 1929, the government was a coalition led by Herman Muller of the Social Democratic party. · His coalition couldn’t agree on how to deal with the depression – he resigned in March 1930 · He was succeeded by Heinrich Bruning of the ce
