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Not necessarily. I doubt that the German President (Paul von Hindeburg) would appoint a Communist as Chancellor. Also, the German communists normally garnered in 10% of votes in elections, so they couldn't get to President or Chancellor. The Nazi ideology was slowly becoming popular in Germany, and would have continued to do so without Hitler, although slower.