Adolf Hitler was infamously known for leading the Nazi Party in Germany before and during World War II. The official original name for the Nazi Party was the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or the NSDAP for short. The party was founded in 1919 by Anton Drexler, who gave it the name German Workers’ Party. Later that year that Hitler went to his first meeting. One year later, in 1920, Hitler changed the name and became the leader of the Nazi Party. “In 1920 Hitler also formulated a 25-point program that became the permanent basis for the party.” This program suggested the need for Germany to disregard the Treaty of Versailles and expand its territory. These ideas were later restated in Hitler’s autobiography Mein Kampf. In the beginning, the Nazi Party was disorganized. “When he joined the party, he found it ineffective, committed to a program of nationalist and socialist ideas but uncertain of its aims and divided in its leadership.” Hitler and his ideas caused disputes between he and the other leaders of the Nazi Party. Often, Hitler would threaten to resign, which would slow down progression in the status of the party. In November of 1923, when he became the leader of the Nazi party, he made it the party’s goal to seize the Bavarian government in the Munich (Beer Hall) Putsch. However, they failed to accomplish this goal. During a riot following this attempt of an uprising, Hitler was injured and four policemen were killed. It was this incident that caused Hitler to be sentenced to jail for five years. However, Hitler only served nine months of his sentence; during which he was able to write an entire book. This book was his autobiography, Mein Kampf. The Great Depression that hit Germany inevitably helped the Nazi party become more widely known. By 1932, the party increased from 800,000 votes in the Reichstag (the German Parliament) elections, to 14,000,000. This was because of the rapid rise of unemployment and citizens wanting change. With 38 percent of the total vote, big-businesses started putting forth money to fund the party. It was on January 30, 1933 that Hitler was appointed chancellor by the President of the German Republic, Paul von Hindenburg. Hitler and the Nazi party were granted the ability to issue laws and standards independently from the rest of the government March of 1933. This act was passed by the Reichstag and is known as the Enabling Act. By July of 1933, the Nazi Party was acknowledged as the solitary administrative party. Hitler finally took the role as Germany’s leader/dictator, or Führer, in 1934 after the death of Paul von Hindenburg. With Germany’s economy on the verge of falling into a depression, Germans were questioning the government. Hitler, who was affected by the inflation leading up to Germany’s Great Depression, decided to share his views. Originally, he wanted to be an artist. He …show more content…
He had first started sharing his ideas and views about the current state that Germany was in after he had joined the originally named German Workers’ Party. He was able to capture the audience’s attention during meetings. Although his voice had a rusty sound to in from when he fought in the war, it was full of energy and purpose. Fights between members occasionally broke out over different opinions. Some members would not even take Hitler seriously due to their own judgments of him. These were the members who were shocked to see Hitler demand a role of power when he started the attempted revolution. This failed revolt was called the Beer Hall