Hitler's rise to power

Immediately World War I, Germany was not quite ready to be exposed to an extremist group such as the Nazis. However, as the conditions in Germany declined, German citizens became more tolerant of Hitler's methods, which helped him rise to power.
The conditions in Germany slowly made the country ripe for the rise of Hitler due to the impact of World War One for one ultimate reason: the Treaty of Versailles. Everything that helped Hitler rise to power trailed back to faults of the Treaty. Accepting or declining the Treaty of Versailles put Germany in a difficult situation. Like any decision that is ever made, either choice is subject to criticism; however, if Germany would not have abided by the Treaty, they would have been attacked by the creators, which the country could not afford. Along with this, millions of German workers were killed or seriously injured from the war, which left many jobs unattended to during a time when jobs were needed more than ever because of the $33 billion Germany had to pay back due to the Treaty of Versailles. As a result of the treaty, Germany had to accept war guilty, they had to reduce the military, and give up its most productive land. Because the commands of the treaty were so extreme, exceptance of the treaty foreshadowed Germany's downfall because no one country could afford to not be able to defend itself, have little resources, and an unstable government and be able to restore itself and pay back billions of dollars. Therfore, these declining conditions (in conjunction with Hitler's methods), was helping Hitler's rise to power.
On the other hand, the poor conditions began to decrease in 1924 during the Streseman Era when foreign minister Gustuv Streseman attempted to deal with the problems Germany was facing. The Dawes (1924) and Young(1929) Plans, when America lent money to German industry and government to pay back war reparations from the Treaty of Versailles over a longer period of time, seemed to be working to restore Germany's economy. Hitler, who was an extreme nationalist, hated it. In reality, Hitler had a good ideology because people actually were so consumed in themselves and the glitz and glamour of the 1920s, they were not concerned about the banks, businesses, or how to keep the economy flowing. With the stock market crashed and the economy declining, Hitler seized the opportunity to reach out to people with the same platform he had been relaying since 1920. Now, with little food and no homes, though, people were dieing for change and willing to listen to the message of a new from of government. It is obvious that the decline in conditions helped Hitler rise to power because in 1926 the Nazi party only received 2.6 percent of the vote, versus 37 percent in 1932. This shows the vulnerablity of German citizens because they were being targeting during a time of such weakness, and it is also a method of Hitler's to utilize these weaknesses. Also, this is significant because an extremist group would never have a majority of votes simply because they are a minority, so such an increase in five years is a major accomplishment. Another method of this was to travel from city to city giving speeches and using propoganda to openly use Jews as a scapegoat for German problems and since Germany was facing so many difficulties, many people joined his bandwagon with "the jew problem."