Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany (at least formally)in september 1919
[1] in September 1919 when
Hitler joined the political party that was
known as the
Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (abbreviated as DAP, and later commonly referred to as the
Nazi Party). This political party was formed and developed during the post-
World War I era. It was
anti-Marxist and was opposed to the democratic post-war government of the
Weimar Republic and the
Treaty of Versailles; and it advocated extreme nationalism and
Pan-Germanism as well as virulent
anti-Semitism. Hitler's "rise" can be considered to have ended in March 1933, after the
Reichstag adopted the
Enabling Act of 1933 in that month; President
Paul von Hindenburg had already appointed Hitler as
Chancellor on January 30, 1933 after a series of parliamentary elections and associated backstairs intrigues. The Enabling Act — when used ruthlessly and with authority — virtually assured that Hitler could thereafter constitutionally exercise dictatorial power without legal objection.
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