Following the resignation of Reich chancellor Franz von Papen after the Reichstag elections in November of 1932 because he lacked support in the Reichstag to form a government, Reich President Paul von Hindenburg invited the leaders of all the major Weimar parties to Berlin to discuss the possibility of forming a government. This included Adolf Hitler, who met Hindenburg for several talks in mid/late November 1932 and declared that the NSDAP was only prepared to form a government under his leadership. Hindenburg, in turn, made it clear that he was only prepared to accept Hitler's chancellorship in a government supported by parliament, a proposal Hitler rejected. Hindenburg's resistance was short-lived. After continued political instability and the failure to form a government under Papen's successor, Kurt von Schleicher, Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler Chancellor on January 30, 1933.

This photo shows the arrival of Adolf Hitler for talks with Hindenburg in November 1932.

See also the Memorandum from Adolf Hitler to President Hindenburg via Otto Meissner rejecting Hindenburg's proposals to form a government, November 24, 1932.