Up to 1928 there had been uncertainty in Germany, with the Wall Street crash of 1928 this uncertainty became reality as the Weimar republic fell and Hitler took power. The crushing blows of the Treaty of Versailles to Germany's economy and its public pride led to the mood of the German people becoming depressed. They were penniless, so they looked left and right for an answer to their problems. With the rise of communism and right wing …
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…to open his government up. He made links with the trade unions and the more socialist wings of the Nazi party. However, just as Brüning before, his agrarian reforms upset the precious elite. It was nicknamed 'agrarian Bolshevism', in other words they considered the idea communist. Von Papen's government was abolished and replaced by one with Hitler at its helm, surrounded by democrats, but none the less, Hitler was its chancellor.