1. Germany’s defeat and humiliation at the end of the first world war causa! great shock to the German people.
2. A group of seven men including Adolf Hitler met in Munich and founded the National Socialist German Worker’s party which was in short called as Nazi party.
3. His attempt to capture Bavaria in 1923.
4. His National Revolution on the outskirts of Munch took him to the prison.
5. There he wrote his autobiography. Mein Kampf (My struggle) which contained his political ideas.
6. In 1932, Presidential election, the communist party won but refused to collaborate with the social democratics.
7. Thereafter, Hitler became chancellor in 1933, when Von Hindenburg as president.
8. The Nazi state of Hitler, known as Third Reich brought an end to the parliamentary democracy.
9. Hitler replaced the Weimar Republic flag by Swastika symbol of Nazi party.
10. He declared all the other political parties except Nazi party as illegal.
11. He expanded his army of brown shirt and Jack booted wearing men.
12. He abolished trade unions, their leaders were arrested. Strikes become illegal, Labour Front was used by the state to control industry, State also controlled press, theatre, cinema, radio and over education.
13. Hitler secret police, The Gestapo was formed and run by Himmler, and second in command was Heydrich, who concentrated on army camps.
14. Hitler’s foreign policy aimed at restoring the armed strength of Germany.
15. All the above circumstances helped the rise of Hitler in Germany.
