The Nazi rise to power is seen as the leading cause of the holocaust experience. Following the defeat of the Germans in the First World War I, the Versailles Treaty inflicted more pressure on the wounded Germany. The treaty is known to have required Germany to accept the blame offor instigating the Warwar and therefore accept responsibility offor paying huge sums of money to the Alliesallies. Germany did not have any money and therefore took loans from the United States to pay the financial penalties of the war. With the toll of the Great Depression taking a high toll on the United StatesStates' economy, the financial institutions in the US, which had lent money to Germany, started to demand that Germany repay the loan advancements. This resulted in even more economical suffering for the Germans. The Nazis promised to make Germany a great country, they. They took over the government to fulfill these promises by rebuilding the nation.” Since everyone wanted to see change for the better in their country for the better, the Nazis were elected and took control of the government with the hope that they would bring the much desiredmuch-desired change.