After WWI ended, the Treaty of Versailles screwed Germany over by prohibiting them to have an army, taking away part of their land, and by making them responsible for all expenses of the war. Germany was incredibly indebted and inflation was over the roof. People grew anxious and it was a chaotic scene. Hitler figured he would play on the fear of the German citizens and other (used as a verb) the Jews by using propaganda to make them seem as the enemy and as disgusting, evil beings, and since the people were so desperate for a solution, they weren't able to see of the direction it was heading.
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