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Germany signed an armistice ending the fighting. Civil unrest and worker strikes spread across the nation, major parties joined to suppress the uprising establishing the parliamentary Weimar Republic.
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After they made an unsuccessful attempt at overthrowing the government, the party was banned and Hitler jailed for treason.
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Hitler joined a small nationalist political party. His manipulative public speaking launched him into its leaderships and drew increasingly larger crowds.
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Hitler was released about a year later and immediately began to rebuild the movement.
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The Great Depression happened and the German economy collapsed. Hitler took adventage of the people's anger offering them to restore Germany's former greatness.
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Hitler ran for president, losing the election to decorated war hero General von Hindenburg, but Hitler became a Chancellor.
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A younger worker was convicted of setting fire to the parliament building. Hitler used the event to convince the government to grand him emergency powers. Within a matter of months, freedom of the press was abolished, other parties were disbanded and anti-Jewish laws were passed.
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When President Hindenburg died, it was clear there would be no new election. Hitler rise to power.