... worth. Hitler finally came to power in a country that was suffering from national humiliation, economic depression and mass unemployment. As he went slowly about fixing these problems his popularity soared. Hitler was the first leader to fully exploit the power of propaganda and mass media. By utilizing these tools combined with his moving oratory's he was able to quickly win the German people over. It is said that when Hitler spoke, the audience would hang on his every word, and eventually some people did. By using statements that reflected the hopes and expectations of large sections of the population such as "Hitler, Unsere letze Hoffnung" (Hitler, our Last Hope) he was able to create a dependence of the German people on himself. They were looking for someone to lead them and Hitler has presented himself as their man, "a man of the people who would save Germany from decline". ...

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