Overthrowing oppressive regimes by military force

[abaris]

That's not true. I did ask a history professor and he said "yes, Hitler was the leader of the party and would have held a seat".

Would being the operative word. He never ran for the Reichstag out of principle, since he despised the instruments of democracy. He never ran for any office apart from the presidential elections in 1932 where he got 32 percent of the votes. Hindenburg won with 49 percent. There were only four candidates. Thälmann, the communist leader, and some DNVP man were to othere.

The reason for running for the presidency was simple. According to the constitution, it was the more powerful office than the chancellory. Similar to the French president of this day and age.