Hitler wanted to "concentrate all power in his own hands" and to "re-establish the Nazi Party as a political organization which would seek power exclusively through constitutional means"(119). Hitler didn't want to use force or violence or stage a coup- he wanted to do this politically, legally, and properly- as a matter of fact- i kind of admire him for this, or at least respect his brilliance in this manner. To do something legally- even if by using Article 48 he kind of used the system to his own PERSONAL advantage- he was still being very very very smart. "If outvoting them (Catholics and Marxists) takes longer than outshooting them, at least the result will be guaranteed by their own constitution. Any lawful process is slow...Sooner or later we shall have a majority- and after that, Germany"(119).
how true is that statement?
very
scarily
true.
of course- then hitler started to threaten the state with violence even though he had promised good behavior. he shouted such things as "to this struggle of ours (the struggle against the enemy of the jews and marxists- i.e. the enemy) there are only two possible issues: either the enemy passes over our bodies or we pass over theirs!"(119). Such things as these got the government of Bavaria to forbid him from public speaking- so he was silenced for 2 years but he was still working on organizing the National Socialist German Worker's Party. His party grew from 27,000 in 1925 to 178,000 in 1929. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE!
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