Part 4: Understanding the Wars of 1914 to 1945

Part 4, The Rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party, The Jewish Holocaust and Racism Dr. Roger van Zwanenberg Part 4, The Rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party, The Jewish Holocaust and Racism Dr. Roger van Zwanenberg

#59 The Nazi Economy in the 1930s

Ideology alone was of course not enough for Hitler to rise to power. The question remains: how was Hitler able to revive the German economy sufficiently to fight a global war in a mere six years? Hitler had taken political power in Germany in 1933. Once this question has been asked, the direction of the answer is obvious: the German economy would have to be supported by the great powers, France, Britain or America; there was no other way.

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