Why Hitler Was Invited to Become Chancellor :: Papers

Why Hitler Was Invited to Become Chancellor In 1932 the weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution were clear to all. out-of-pocket to its careful balance of power and proportional representation, no political drawing card was strong enough to rule. During this period Germany was effectively being run by 84 year old President Hindenburg. Policy was being engraft by a tiny group of rich, conservative industrialists and army leaders. The Reichstag offered real little leadership. The heart of the problem was that the Nazis were the largest party. Normally the leader of such a party would become Chancellor, but the other parties in the Reichstag would not persist with Hitler. The constitution gave President Hindenburg the right to appoint Chancellor and he did not want Hitler as Chancellor. So month after month on that point were arguments and back-room deals as different politicians struggled to assemble a workable government. The weakness of the Reichstag would pay off been a problem even if things had been going well in Germany. and when faced with the chronic problems of the Depression it was disastrous. In the July elections of 1932 the Nazis got their best ever expiration with 37.3% of the vote (230 seats.) They were now by far the largest party. Hitler demanded to be appointed Chancellor. Hindenburg disdain Hitler, but he could see the value of trying to use the Nazis for his suffer ends. Hindenburg appointed Franz von Papen as his Chancellor. Von Papen had no aver in the Reichstag but he hoped he could create a right-wing coalition government with the support of the Nazis and the other right-wing parties in the Reichstag. Hitler refused to co-operate, so Hindenburg called another election. This was a noxious election for the Nazis. Apathy was settling in. In Northeim the Nazis were in financial worry and made a public appeal for party funds. In an hear to regain support, the SA and leadin g Nazis went to church en masse and got a Protestant minister to speak for them. They placed advertisements in the local papers and