THE Adolf Hitler He was born on April 20, 1889 in Brunaum AM In, Austria. Although he was an Austrian citizen, he was strongly identified with German nationalism and considered it Austria an integral part of a larger German nation. He was deeply dissatisfied with the multinational Austria -Hungarian Empire and on the contrary embraced the idea of German integration. His term in the German army during World War I further reinforced his ideological recruitment in this idea. However, he remained legally disgusted for much of his political course after the denial of his Austrian citizenship in 1925, an important step that reflected the crystallization of his ideological identification with Germany.
Hitler, however, did not want to simply engage in German political affairs, he wanted to dominate her. One of the obstacles he had to overcome was that of German citizenship, as German law required candidates for high office to be German citizens.
The Austrian authorities were cautious about his extreme nationalist rhetoric.
Of course, Austria, for its part, had no interest in claiming Hitler as a citizen. Austrian authorities were cautious about his extreme nationalist rhetoric and his opposition to the Austrian statewhich Hitler considered an illegal entity, independent of what he perceived as a wider German nation. The Austrian government was aware of Hitler’s growing influence in Germany and feared that a possible return could trigger political instability. In addition, Austrian officials wanted to avoid any connection to Hitler’s increasingly radical and violent political movement.
When he was proposed his deportation to Austria, in his trial for the Failed coup of beer of November 1923, Austria refused to accept it. In turn, the Bavarian court explained that it rejected Hitler’s expulsion for the reasons of “protecting the laws of the Republic”: “Hitler is a German Austrian. He considers himself German. In the opinion of the court, the meaning and intention of the terms of Article 9, paragraph II, the law on the protection of democracy cannot be applied to a man who believes and feels he is Germansuch as Hitler, who volunteered for four and a half years in the German army during the war, honored at higher military prices for excellent bravery in front of the enemy, who was injured, suffered damage to his health and fired by the army under the control of the Army.
It was appointed to a position that automatically attributed German citizenship in order to bypass the usual procedures.
Thus, Hitler’s naturalization in Germany was now a one -way street. And despite the various efforts that had – and failing – in the past, this time, his plan would succeed. The opportunity was presented in the Brunsvaig state, where the NSDAP had had a political influence. Dietrich Clags, supporter of Nazi and Brunsvaig’s interior minister, played a key role in the naturalization process. To bypass the usual procedures, Clags appointed Hitler Government Advisor (Regierungsrat) to the state culture and counting of the state, as well as a member of his delegation in Berlin. This position automatically attributed German citizenship to Hitler, in accordance with German law.
On February 25, 1932, Adolf Hitler officially received German citizenship and the following day gave his oath as a civil servant to the German state. This move, assisted by Clags, immediately secured the conditions for nominating the upcoming presidential election against Paul von Hindenburg.
It was a turning point in Hitler’s political course, as it removed the latest legal obstacle to its pursuit of capture. Although he did not win the elections, he secured a significant proportion of votes, further consolidating his position as leader of Germany’s strongest nationalist movement. This campaign, along with the growing instability of the Weimar Republic, created the conditions for its appointment as Chancellor on January 30, 1933.
Column: Myrto Katsigera, Vassilis Minakakis, Antigoni-Despina Poumenidou, Athanasios Syroplakis
