Weimar political parties
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The Weimar German Republic that existed from 1918 to 1933 had a multi-party political system in which numerous political parties were competitive and able to contest elections. In the fourteen years t
1920 election poster of the Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD), calling for a boycott
Plakat Bayerische Volkspartei 1919
Adolf Hitler's rise to power
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The rise to power of Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945, began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919, when Hitler joined
On 30 January 1933, Reich President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler as Reich Chancellor. Hitler (pictured) read a message to the German nation on February 1, broadcast on all German radio stations.
Hitler, c. 1923
Hitler's first office in the Sterneckerbräu in Munich
The Marienplatz in Munich during the Beer Hall Putsch on 9 November 1923