According to historians, there existed favorable conditions in post-World War I Germany that enabled Hitler to be ruler of Germany. However, there are also other historians who feel that there also existed unfavorable conditions that could have stopped Hitler from coming to power. From further evaluation of the sources, the view that the conditions in post-World War I Germany assisted Hitler to rise to power outweighs the perspective that the conditions worked against Hitler. Hitler used the Treaty of Versailles, the Great Depression and the ineffectiveness of the Weimar Republic worked in his favor to gain popularity among the German people and get rid of opposition in his rise to power. Of all of these conditions, exploiting the Weimar Government was the most effective in Hitler as he was able to destroy democracy “from within," rise to power and get rid of any threats to him becoming ruler of Germany. According to historians, the main threat that opposed Hitler in him becoming ruler of Germany was the communist party. For the Nazis, the communists, especially the KPD (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands), posed a serious threat as they appealed to the working class in Weimar, which numerically had more people than the middle and upper classes. As such, a party that had won over the working class had a healthy position during a General Election due to the wider support base from the German voters[His14]. In addition, one of Hitler’s ideology was one that was against democracy and communism. As such, he was hell-bent on stopping the communist. His opportunity appeared in the form of the Reichstag Fire in February 1933. Hitler used this to his advantage by placing the blame on the Communist for starting the fire. This allowed him to eliminate the communist opposition, his biggest rival to power. Furthermore, by using the Enabling Act, he ensured that people would not support the communist to avoid serious consequences, causing the influence of the communist to dwindle. Hence, although the communist did cause Hitler problems in rising to power, Hitler managed to overcome this threat to ensure that he eliminated all opposition. In other words, the unfavorable conditions were very weak making it inevitable that Hitler would become dictator of Germany. However, according to intentiona