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The NSDAP (aka the nazis) were a small political party. They believed in nationalism, and they used anti-Jewish ideas.
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Hitler became the leader of NSDAP (the Nazis). He blamed others for Germany's problems. He also tried to overthrow the government
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They gained support from farmers, small business owners, and other middle class people that feel betrayed by the government.
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The government didn't correctly fix the crisis. The NSDAP multiplied their size by almost 9 in 2 years and about 19 times total.
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Hitler got more people to support him. Paul von Hindenburg wouldn't let Hitler be the chancellor at first and Hitler didn't like that. Eventually Hindenburg let Hitler become the chancellor.
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Hitler made camps to punish the prisoners that disagreed with the Nazi ideas.
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When Hitler became chancellor he didn't have very much power. When the Reichstag building was on fire, Hitler used it to get more power. Many articles of the constitution got suspended which meant that the Nazis could do almost anything they wanted because there was no rules
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The Nazis made the enabling act which said that Hitler's decisions didn't have to go through anybody else. He could pretty much do whatever he wanted. If you didn't listen to or agree with Hitler, you would get punished.
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Hitler was killing people to gain more support, Then 3 days later President Hindenburg died and Hitler took control of the government.
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Hitler made the military better by having more than 900,000 soldiers, 8,000 aircraft and 95 warships.
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Austria started a Nazi group but Hitler didn't like that. Eventually Austria and Germany combined governments.
