How did this man become chancellor?

On 30th January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Hindenburg against his better judgement, despite the fact that Hitler's Nazi Party only got about 31% of the vote. How he managed that is a complicated mix of the workings of a parliamentary democracy, the desire for some kind of stablity, and an attempt to split the Nazi party that backfired. Chapters: 00:00 Welcome to the show 00:48 A turbulant 1932 02:00 Power struggles 02:52 The deal 04:15 Breaking news! 05:28 Coda Music: "News Theme 1" by Jason Shaw https://audionautix.com/ Creative Commons Attribution licence "Style Funk" and "Hot Swing" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Creative Commons Attribution licence --------- Support me on Patreon for access to bonus content and more: http://patreon.com/rewboss Send letters and postcards to: Rewboss Postfach 10 06 29 63704 Aschaffenburg Germany Please don't send parcels or packages, or anything that has to be signed for. --------- My website: http://www.rewboss.com/ My blog: http://rewboss.blogspot.com/ My Twitter feed: https://www.twitter.com/rewboss My Facebook profile: http://facebook.com/rewboss