A charismatic speaker, Hitler channeled popular discontent with the post-war Weimar government into support for his fledgling Nazi party. In an election held in July , the Nazis won governmental seats; together with the Communists, the next largest party, they made up over half of the Reichstag.
His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. He began immediately, ordering a rapid expansion of the state police, the Gestapo, and putting Hermann Goering in charge of a new security force, composed entirely of Nazis and dedicated to stamping out whatever opposition to his party might arise.
From that moment on, Nazi Germany was off and running, and there was little Hindenburg or von Papen—or anyone—could do to stop it.
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Hitler's speech as Chancellor of Germany. Major events leading to Hitler becoming Chancellor April — Presidential election. Then they waited at the chancellery for Hitler in a scene carefully staged by Joseph Goebbels. Men, women and children along with the SA and SS waited. He kept them waiting, letting the tension rise. When he appeared in the beam of a spotlight, Hitler was greeted with an outpouring of worshipful adulation unlike anything ever seen before in Germany. Bismarck, Frederick the Great, the Kaiser, had not seen this.
Sieg Heil! Hail Victory! The new [Third] Reich has been born. Fourteen years of work have been crowned with victory. The German revolution has begun! Meanwhile, an old comrade of Hitler's sent a telegram to President Hindenburg regarding his new chancellor. I prophesy to you this evil man will plunge our Reich into the abyss and will inflict immeasurable woe on our nation.
Future generations will curse you in your grave for this action," the telegram from Ludendorff stated. This measure effectively granted Hitler the same dictatorial powers held by the eighty-five-year-old P resident Hindenburg. We would like to thank Crown Family Philanthropies and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia.
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