On the 29th of July 1921, Adolf Hitler became the leader of the Nazi Party (which was also known as the 'National Socialist German Workers Party'). The Nazi Party had only changed its named to the National Socialist German Workers Party the previous year, in February 1920. Before that, the National Socialist German Workers Party, it was simply known as the German Workers Party.
When Adolf Hitler joined the party, it was a small, insignificant party. But, through his actions, he would draw attention to the Nazi Party as the 1920s went on. On November 9th, 1923, Adolf Hitler and his party attempted a coup, which became known as the Beer Hall Putsch; the coup failed. It resulted in Adolf Hitler being imprisoned in Landsberg Prison, where he wrote Mein Kampf. The Nazi Party was also temporarily banned after the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison, but he only served one year in prison - he was released on the 20th of December 1924. ​ By 1925, the Bavarian government banned Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party from public speaking. Most other governments across Germany also banned them from public speaking, after the Bavarian government had done so. Hitler's speaking ban did not last long; it was lifted by the Bavarian government in March 1926. Two years later, the Nazi Party contested the 1928 German elections. Although the Nazi Party only secured 2.6% during the 1928 German election, there was evidence that the party was growing. In 1924, they only received just over 36,000 votes, just four years later in 1928, they received just over 800,000 votes. Other regions of Germany also lifted their ban on Hitler publicly speaking after this election, for example, Prussia lifted its ban on Hitler speaking in September 1928. ​ Lifting the ban on Hitler (and the Nazi Party) speaking, would prove to be a disastrous mistake. In just two short years, the Nazi Party jumped from having just fewer than 1 million votes to gaining 6 million votes in the 1930 German election. This resulted in the Nazi Party becoming Germany's second largest party. Previously the Nazi Party just had 12 seats in the Reichstag, the 1930 German election resulted in them having 107 seats. The largest party of that election was the Social Democratic Party, which took 143 seats. Two years later, the German presidential election 1932, saw Adolf Hitler lose out to Paul Von Hindenburg. Hindenburg won the German presidential election 1932 with over 19 million votes, while Adolf Hitler had just over 13 million votes. Just a few months later in July 1932, there was another German election, this time, the Nazi Party became the largest political party of Germany for the first time. They more than doubled their seats, this time, they went from having 107 seats to securing 230 seats. By the end of 1932, another election was held in November 1932. This time, the Nazi vote declined. They lost 34 seats in that election, leaving them with 196 seats. They were still the largest party though and won that election. ​By 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, on the 30th of January. Hitler was appointed as Chancellor by Hindenburg. Technically Germany was still a democracy at this point, but the signs were there of Germany slowing slipping into a dictatorship in the following weeks and months since Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany. In just a few weeks of gaining power, Hitler began cracking down on civil liberties and his political opponents. The former was already part of Hitler's rise to power - he used violent intimidation to gain power. Gaining full power of Germany, unfortunately, allowed him to suppress his opponents with full force. ​
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