Hitler sowed lies and hatred, and harvested votes. When he entered the race for president, in spring 1932—the only time ...

They adopted policies that could be supported by many different groups of Germans: Hitler was a popular and ... the Nazis and wanted to see them in power. Hugenberg, a newspaper tycoon and Thyssen ...

Eventually the Nazi party did very well in elections. Hitler came to power not as a tyrant but entirely legally. During the 1930s, no other major political leader had his level of popular support.