The Weimar system made the chancellor of the country a very powerful ruler. Paul von Hindenburg, the second German president, didn't want Hitler to come to power, as he had a strong personal grudge against him and didn't see him as a good leader for the country. It was the main motivation for him to run for a second term, this way stopping Hitler. Nevertheless, following his re-election, Hindenburg failed to prevent the Nazis from coming. Two successive federal elections left the Nazis as the largest party in the Reichstag and anti-democratic parties in control of a majority of its seats. Under this political climate, Hindenburg reluctantly appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933.

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