The Importance of Hitler to the Growth of the Nazi Party

Hitler was very important to the growth of Nazi power from 1919 to the start of WWII. Firstly, in a year, he gained power in the German workers party, which in a decade would become the only party in Germany. Early on in 1919, his talent for public speaking and the use of the local army's resources drew large audiences to events sponsored by an organization that only had 100 to 200 members. An example of this is when he presented the party's official program to a gathering of February 24 1920,there was almost 2000 members. He was a great speaker, pulling in paying crowds to listen to his speeches. The party could not dismiss him, because he was pulling in the crowds and, at the end of 1920, the party had increased from a few hundred to a couple thousand. But there was internal opposition in the Workers party. But as Hitler threatened to resign, the party committee agreed to give Hitler the title of 'Furher' in 1921. …