![]() resistances which barred his path.” Winston Churchill famously wrote, in the same year, “Great Contemporaries”. In fact, according to Jacobin Magazine In 1935, Churchill expressed his “admiration” for Hitler and “the courage, the perseverance, and the vital force which enabled him to. Hitler was now the sole leader- The Führer – of Germany. Later that year, after a mysterious fire burned the Reichstag building, Hitler proposed, and the Reichstag adopted, an Enabling Bill giving Hitler dictatorial powers. With the support of conservatives who feared Bolshevism, the German people elected Hitler Chancellor of Germany in 1933. While never achieving a majority in the German parliament (Reichstag), by 1932 Hitler and the Nazi party had become a formidable force. Resentment of the Versailles Treaty, the Great Depression, mass unemployment, and national pride brought increasing numbers of Germans to his cause as he lashed out at capitalists, communists, and Jews. For the full “History Unplugged” podcast, click here!Īccording to the National Churchill Museum, Adolf Hitler established the Nazi party in 1925, intent on using democratic means to achieve power.
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