  He came to power because Germany was in shambles and he got his Brown Shirts to torment his opponents. Don't be one for historical revisionism, k?  Yeah right, the Germans LOVED Hitler, I'm sorry to tell you. BEFORE Hitler ever became Chancellor of Germany his book Mein Kampf was already the 2nd best selling book in German history second only to the Bible, it still is as far as I know. Mein Kampf made him a national celebrity, there wasn't hardly a soul who hadn't read his book. He won the elections by a landslide fair and square, even after people had all read his book and knew exactly what he was all about he was all about Deutschland fur Deutsch. They loved him! My sister in law's grandpa kept a portrait of Hitler on his living room wall until the day he died. That same portrait is now on my sister in law's parents wall because her grandma lives with them since her husband died. Hitler came to power because Germany LOVED him&his message, k?