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He was voted Chancellor, which IIRC was a major factor behind Monnet's mistrust of democracy.
by duncan_bayne 10y ago
He was voted Chancellor, which IIRC was a major factor behind Monnet's mistrust of democracy.
- unimpressive 10y agoNo. Hitler was never voted into office. He was appointed chancellor by the countries president. Mussolini was hired by the King of Italy at (metaphorical) gunpoint to run the country, and ultimately fired him once the gun was no longer being held to his head.
- lispm 10y ago> He was voted Chancellor That can't be the case, since the Reichskanzler was not voted for in any way. He was appointed by the Reichspräsident. Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Reichskanzler in 1933. In march 1933 there were new elections, but this time already under control of Hitler (as Reichskanzler) and the NSDAP. The NSDAP still did not get a majority of the votes, even though there already was a lot of terror against the opposition. Hitler was never voted into power by the Germans. Even though the NSDAP was the strongest party in the last elections, they never had the majority of seats in the Reichstag in free elections and even not in the first non-free election.