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It is widely believed that the rise of the Nazi party in 1933 was due in no small part to the failure of and public resentment towards the Weimar republic. The Nazi party were seen as a solution to a greatly flawed political system. The reason for such little faith in the system has been put down to many things, mainly weaknesses within the Republic itself, like it's troubled birth and weak image or parties inability …

…of the political system would have happened anyway but they simply place more emphasis on external factors. Intentionalists on the other hand would argue that the rise of the Nazis was never inevitable nor was the collapse of the Weimar Republic, Hiden argues that the Weimar state proved itself to be stronger than had been previously portrayed and that the Nazis gain of power was down to the short sightedness of Hindenburg and his advisers.