Hitler Becomes Chancellor by Tanner Robertson

• Hitler rose to power during the unpopular Weimar Republic, set in place after World War 1
• In 1919 Hitler joined an extremist right wing group called the German Workers Party
• By 1921 Hitler was leader of the party and changed the name to the National Socialist Workers Party; nicknamed the Nazi Party
• By 1933 the Nazi Party held a majority in the German legislature, allowing Hitler to become Chancellor even after losing the election
• Only a year later Hitler became the Fuhrer turning the German government into a dictatorship.