5 Reasons Why Adolf Hitler Gained Absolute Power | History Stories

Jan 28, 2023 | The Holocaust and World War II may have their beginnings in this very act: On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), was appointed German chancellor by the 85-year-old president, Paul von Hindenburg. The Nazis seized the opportunity and managed to transform the democratic Weimar Republic (1918 – 1933) into a dictatorship within a few months. On this episode of History Stories we explore five surprising reasons why the Nazis succeeded in doing so:


Here we are again: history is repeating itself. Some try to say that history doesn't repeat itself, it only rhymes. I disagree. Today, history is clearly repeating itself. We are entering a new Dark Age. Make no mistake about it. – © Mark Alexander