Hitler was probably the greatest and most extraordinary recorded speaker in history. It was said by Hanfstengl correctly that due to the miraculous construction of his throat (vocal cords) he could bring a huge crowd to hysteria within an hour or two! This he said will not be repeated in ten thousand years! This is probably not correct because there will never be such a fanatical speaker again. If you are young and don't know much about the entire era and even if you don't understand German, but listen to his voice you will get chills up and down your spine! (Such were his unusual oratorical abilities and skills to rouse the masses that during a period in the 1920s he was banned from speaking-so much for Weimar democracy). This without question propelled him into power. Second was 1929 stock exchange crash that involved not only America but Europe and the rest of the world. Germany was hit hard along with the crushing terms of Versailles Treaty created severe economic hardship just as right after Germany's defeat in World War I. PleaseNote during a period of the 1920s there was a period of prosperity. If that continued, it is unlikely that he would have attained Chancellor of Germany. The third factor that helped him being appointed Chancellor (he was not elected!) by President Hindenburg was the blackmail of Hindenburg's son Oskar of a possible scandal involving public funds used for wheelchair purchase for his father President Hindenburg( a World War I hero). Finally at this time and before the German communist were trying to gain control of Germany. Vice Chancellor Franz von Pappen and his aristocrats had no choice it was Hitler or the Communists. Von Pappen was sure if they gave Hitler the Chancellor position they could control Hitler. This is was a great mistake, for once he was in power he outmaneuvered them!

It should also be noted that without the newly created microphone or radio he could not have reached tens of thousands or more at his rallies or millions through radio with his remarkable voice and oratory. Similarly sound films had the same effect.