Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: Adolf Hitler , who had been sworn in as Chancellor of Germany four weeks before , on 30 January , urged President Paul von Hindenburg to pass an emergency decree to counter the `` ruthless confrontation of the Communist Party of Germany '' .
Simplified: Adolf Hitler , who had become Chancellor of Germany four weeks before , urged President Paul von Hindenburg to pass an emergency law to fight back `` the confrontation of the Communist Party of Germany '' .