Hitler became a key figure and in Bavarian politics and he was supported by high officials and business men. Hitler, though, was sentenced to five years in prison for leading an uprising in Munich against the post war rumor Weimar Republic.He proclaimed himself as chancellor of a new authoritarian regime. Hitler served eight months out of the five years he was supposed to in jail and wrote an autobiography Mein Kampf. Once the Great Depression hit, Hitler explained that it was the fault of the Jews. To his content this was accepted by many Germans. With his new found trust by the Germans he began promising them jobs, national glory and a strong Germany to attract their votes. In the next two years the Nazi party kept growing.
Once Hitler was in power he immediately established himself as a dictator. Even anti-Nazi's were sent off to concentration camps for believing that the Nazi's actions were wrong. When Hitler was in power an Enabling Act was passed by legislatures stating that he could make the bureaucracy and the judiciary this way he could replace the Unions labor with only a Nazi- controlled German Labor Front. Hitler wanted to ban all political parties except his own. The German economy, media, and cultural activities were now all under the Nazi control. The Germans and others were now dependent on the Nazi's. Hitler managed to trick the German people into believing he was good so that he could establish German rule over Europe and other parts of the world.
He did this by promising the German people that the German empire would live 1000 years. He then deployed his military to build the " empire ". Hitler's first country to seize was Poland which he took simply. This put the German people behind Hitler as he swept through the rest of Europe taking France, Holland, Russia, Chzeckeslovokia, and the Netherlands. The people saw Hitler's success and quickly stood behind him. Hitler then began sending the Jews to concentration and death camps with no resistance form the citizens of Germany. They all believed that he was correct in what he was doing.
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