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In the early 1930s, an atmosphere of gloom reigned in Germany. The global economic crisis hit the country very hard, and millions of people were left without work. Still fresh was the memory of the humiliating defeat of Germany in World War I fifteen years ago; in addition, the Germans considered their government, the Weimar Republic, too weak. These conditions provided a chance for the new leader Adolf Hitler and his brainchild - the National Socialist Workers Party of Germany, abbreviated as the Nazi Party – to rise.
A convincing and eloquent speaker, Hitler drew many Germans, eager for change, to his side. He promised a hopeless population to improve the quality of life and restore Germany to its former glory. The Nazis appealed primarily to the unemployed, young people and the lower middle class (owners of small shops, office workers, artisans and farmers).
The party came to power with lightning speed. Before the economic crisis, the Nazis were an obscure minority party; in the elections to the Reichstag (German parliament) of 1924, they received only 3 percent of the vote. In the 1932 elections, the Nazis won 33 percent of the vote, leaving behind all the other parties. In January 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor, head of the German government, and many Germans saw him as the savior of the nation.
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