what led to hitler becoming chancellor in 1933?
What led to Hitler becoming chancellor? During the 1920’s and early 1930’s Germany was trying to recover from World War. It had to pay reparations and try to rebuild the economy from bankruptcy. It was because of the weaknesses of the economy and the Weimar Government, together with the growing popularity of the Nazis that Hitler was able to become Chancellor. This essay will look at the weaknesses of the government and the strengths of the Nazis. After the First World War, Germany was forced to establish a democratic government based on proportional representation. A President headed it but the Chancellor took control of the everyday politics. In an emergency, the President could pass laws without the Weimar Government, and this was called Article 48. The main problems with the German system was that no one party had absolute control so any decisions took a long time to make since, moreover, no one party had 50% of the votes the parties had to form coalitions.