1 BECOMING CHANCELLOR,
1918–33
Overview
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German
Workers’ Party, more commonly known as the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany
(1933–45) and Führer of Germany (1934–45). To understand how the Nazi Party gained
power, we must understand the social, political and economic context of Germany after the
First World War. Politically, Germany was humiliated by its loss of the war and the subsequent
Treaty of Versailles…
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