The years leading up to Hitler's party election (1933) saw Germany effectively in ruins. In 1923 mining production in the Ruhr valley, which produced four fifths of Germany's coal and iron was halted due to passive resistance to French occupation. When the government called an end to the resistance, many Germans were outraged to give in to what they believed were outrageously unfair reparations. Many Germans were disgruntled with the government and their country's political position. Violent …showed first 75 words of 833 total…

…showed last 75 words of 833 total…done with the ideals of Socialism and Nationalism to improve the life of the worker and bring about justice for the country. The Nazis did neither. They incited racial hatred, leading to a tragedy that even today weighs on the country. They took away civil liberties and murdered hundreds of communists and other (what they called) political aggressors. Their leader twisted the law to gain total power over the country and ultimately destroyed their constitution.