Except he became chancellor thanks to Socialdemocrats, NSDAP had like 15-20% of votes and fading.
Edit: they had ~37% I’m bad at citing from top of my head.
The point is SPD wanted to make coalition with KPD but KPD was controlled by Stalin and he forbidden it. So they were negotiating with Hitler. He demanded to be chancellor and they agreed.
Except he became chancellor thanks to Socialdemocrats, NSDAP had like 15-20% of votes and fading.
Edit: they had ~37% I’m bad at citing from top of my head.
The point is SPD wanted to make coalition with KPD but KPD was controlled by Stalin and he forbidden it. So they were negotiating with Hitler. He demanded to be chancellor and they agreed.
That is a wild interpretation of history.
Seriously read about it. It’s a fascinating story.