developed an innate hatred against Jews and Marxists. A gifted speaker, he could whip up the passion of the audience. In Hitler abortively attempted to capture power in Bavaria. His premature launch of the National Revolution on the outskirts of Munich landed him in prison.
During his time in prison he worked on Mein Kampf (My Struggle), an autobiographical book containing his political ideas. In two things occurred which exposed the weakness of the German government. Stresemann died and there was a political vacuum. The failure of the New York Stock Market triggering economic depression prompted the US to foreclose its German loans.
By the world economic depression had gripped an already feeble Germany. In the Presidential election of the Communist Party polled about , , votes. Alarmed capitalists and property owners tilted towards supporting fascism. Hitler exploited this opportunity to usurp powers.
The Third Reich Republican government in Germany fell, as the Communists refused to collaborate with Social Democrats. Thereupon industrialists, bankers and Junkers prevailed upon President Von Hindenburg to designate Hitler as Chancellor in in the hope that they could control him. The Nazi state of Hitler, known as the Third Reich, brought an end to the parliamentary democracy established in Germany after the First World War. Hitler replaced the flag of the Weimar republic by the swastika banners of National Socialism.
Germany was converted into a highly centralised state. All political parties except the Imperialism and its Onslaught Nazi party were declared illegal. The army of brown-shirted and jack-booted storm-troopers was expanded. The Hitler Youth was created, and the Labour Front set up.
Trade unions were abolished, their leaders were arrested and all workers were compelled to join the German Labour Front. Strikes were made illegal, wages were fixed by the government, and the Labour Front was used by the Nazis to control industry. Total state control was extended over the press, the theatre, the cinema, radio and over education. The Nazi Party’s propaganda was led by Joseph Goebbels, who manipulated public