How did German democracy fall to fascism

Germany fell to National Socialism through a weak democratic government and political instability.

Explanation:

The Weimar Republic was extremely unstable and had made poor decisions. With a huge debt amount due to the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression, many voters were looking for radical parties that promised for economic prosperity. One of those parties was the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party) or Nazis. Hitler had promised for a greater Germany and once he was elected as chancellor of Germany, he started economic relief programs and major civil engineering projects which made him popular. One night the Nazi Party planned the burning of the Reichstag (German Parliament) and blamed it on the Communists which granted Hitler "Emergency Powers." He used these powers to make him the absolute dictator of Germany.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.

living during the great depression had a major affect on the mentality many people. a good portion of people who lived during that time do not trust banks. this is likely the result of the many widespread bank failures in the 30s that caused people to lose their life savings.