I suggest reading the Wikipedia article on the rise of the Nazi party [1] or doing a Google search [2], but here's the gist of it: The Weimar Republic was very

I suggest reading the Wikipedia article on the rise of the Nazi party [1] or doing a Google search [2], but here's the gist of it: The Weimar Republic was very weak democratically and there were regular street battles between Nazis and Communists. The Nazi party got elected into parliament, but didn't have a majority. Still, Hitler was able to convince president Hindenburg to name him chancellor. After the Reichstag fire, most civil rights were suspended, effectively ending democracy. Most of Hitler's political opponents were arrested or removed from the Reichstag. Even so the Nazi party did not achieve a majority in the next elections. He then essentially intimidated parliament to grant him dictatorial powers in the Enabling Act. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party#Rise_to_power:_1925.E2.80.931933 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party#Rise_to_power:_1925... [2] https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=was%20hitler%20democratically%20elected%20into%20office https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&e...