Objective truth;
Hitler's rise began in
Germany in September 1919 when
Hitler joined the political party known as the
Deutsche Arbeiterpartei – DAP (German Workers' Party). The name was changed in 1920 to the
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei – NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party, commonly known as the
Nazi Party). This political party was formed and developed during the post-
World War I era. It was
anti-Marxist and 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 30 January 1933 after a series of parliamentary elections and associated backroom intrigues. The Enabling Act—when used ruthlessly and with authority—virtually assured that Hitler could thereafter constitutionally exercise dictatorial power without legal objection.
Adolf Hitler rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party. Being one of the best speakers of the party, he told the other members to either make him leader of the party or he would never return. He was aided in part by his willingness to use violence in advancing his political objectives and to recruit party members who were willing to do the same. The
Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923 and the later release of his book
Mein Kampf (Translation:
My Struggle) introduced Hitler to a wider audience. In the mid-1920s, the party engaged in electoral battles in which Hitler participated as a speaker and organizer,
[a] as well as in street battles and violence between the
Rotfrontkämpferbund and the Nazis'
Sturmabteilung (SA). Through the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Nazis gathered enough electoral support to become the largest political party in the Reichstag, and Hitler's blend of political acuity, deceptiveness and cunning converted the party's non-
majority but
plurality status into effective governing power in the ailing Weimar Republic of 1933.
TLDR; He was intelligent, articulate and a natural leader. In a time that needed all three. Germany was on its way out. Everyone was poor, so unions were being formed. He had the best one. From there, his lectures and zeal were seen from many political parties. He was indeed one of a kind, when it came to being a voice for Germany. A guy like that steadily rises. Same as every "great" leader.