Hitlers Rise to Power

As I was writing my position paper I began to think more and more about the topic we have been discussing at great length in class. How did Hitler come to gain such immense power in Germany in the years leading up to World War II. As we now know, Adolf Hitler was an ambitious man to say the least. The perfect rock for Germany to grab hold of after years of turmoil and depression following the collapse of the global economy. It is within this that we see the kind of desperation that a man like Hitler feeds off of. So the gaining of power was not as difficult as it may of been had Germany still been relatively functional, but the question I pose to everyone is how easy would it be, for this to happen again. As we have been seeing in Episode Five of the Nazi video's, people got behind Hitler, helped him commit his atrocities against humanity in some cases, and as Mr. Stewart pointed out, Nazi's were at the end of the day just people being a part of extraordinary circumstances. So fearful of their leader that they would slaughter millions just to save their own head. So is it possible for this type of fear to become plentiful again, to the point where people would turn in their own neighbors and even family to save their own heads? I personally think it is all too easy, especially in today's technological age. I would like to know all of your opinions on the question.