What were the conditions in Germany that led to Hitler's rise to power?

Consider first of all that Hitler rose to power not because of shared ideology, but because of fear. Hitler's voters were scared of what Germany was facing. The Weimar Republic was doomed to begin with because of Germany's high expectations on the success of democracy in a country unacquainted with democracy in the first place. Filtering in political turmoil (proportional representation resulted in the failure to reach a majority in the Reichstag, which meant no significant decisions could be reached), war reparations crippling the German economy and its pride (Stab-in-the-back myth, the "November criminals", 1923 hyperinflation), and the Great Depression, the Weimar Republic was failing abysmally and the German people desperately wanted security. The Great Depression meant that people lost their jobs, their wealth, and their satisfaction with an already-fragile government. The Nazis (NSDAP - National Socialist Worker's Party) appealed to the crowd because they heard their fears and promised an end to instability by taking action in government and providing jobs for the unemployed and an end to the humiliation Germany faced since the end of the war. In the 1932 general elections the Nazis won 37% of the votes - not a majority but still enough to get them into the Reichstag and make themselves heard.