Did the US cause Hitler's rise to power?

[LiberalFighter]

Source: Hitler and the Rise of National Socialism

Had it not been for the economic collapse that began with the Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929, Hitler probably would not have come to power. The Great Depression hit Germany hard because the German economy's well-being depended on short-term loans from the United States. Once these loans were recalled, Germany was devastated. Unemployment went from 8.5 percent in 1929 to 14 percent in 1930, to 21.9 percent in 1931, and, at its peak, to 29.9 percent in 1932. Compounding the effects of the Depression were the drastic economic measures taken by Center Party politician Heinrich Bruening, who served as chancellor from March 1930 until the end of May 1932. Bruening's budget cuts were designed to cause so much misery that the Allies would excuse Germany from making any further reparations payments. In this at least, Bruening succeeded. United States president Herbert Hoover declared a "reparations moratorium" in 1932. In the meantime, the Depression deepened, and social discontent intensified to the point that Germany seemed on the verge of civil war.

[madrchsod]

1. no

it was France and England stripping Germany of assets and war reparations. Germany was basically drained of all resources to rebuild it`s economy. the USA went back home and stayed out of European problems.Hitler came to power on the promise of restoring German pride and to strike out against those who oppressed them

[no_hypocrisy]

2. U.S. indirectly. France and Britain directly by demanding reparations,

i.e., we want you to pay for what we lost financially during the First World War. And these countries didn't want a reasonable payment plan. This was meant to break Germany's economy and humiliate the German people. Hitler was an opportunist who took advantage of the average person's discontent, anger, and frustration on top of the economic disaster due to the reparations. He promised work, law and order, and a return of national pride. He just didn't say how he was going to do it . . .

[DenverDem]

3. US banks certainly financed his rearmmament

BFEE began with profiteering off of Nazi weapons financing.

[Kellanved]

4. no

Nobody but the German people did cause Hitler's rise.

The economic background was heavily influenced by the US (more by the US, than by France and Britain, as Streseman practically ended the reparation payments), but the economy was bad in other nations as well, and they didn't turn murderous.