How could someone like Hitler become Chancellor of a civilised and democratic country?  In this podcast we explore how Hitler was able to exploit the political and economic weaknesses of the Weimar Republic to win greater and greater support for his ideas in the early 1930s.  We will focus on what Hitler's aims were, the effects of the Munich Putsch, how the depression helped the Nazis, the role of violence and propaganda and how the political system helped Hitler into power as Chancellor on 30 January 1933.