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Not sure about that. From what I understand, the German economy was recovering nicely and the Nazis were doing poorly in elections in the late 1920s. Then the G
by axguscbklp 6y ago
Not sure about that. From what I understand, the German economy was recovering nicely and the Nazis were doing poorly in elections in the late 1920s. Then the Great Depression hit.
Nazi share of the vote in German federal elections from 1924 to the Nazi seizure of power in 1933:
May 1924 - 6.5%
Dec 1924 - 3.0%
May 1928 - 2.6%
Sep 1930 - 18.25%
Jul 1932 - 37.27%
Nov 1932 - 33.09%
- redis_mlc 6y agoI study WW2, so I'll delay my detailed comment and give a chance for somebody else to provide context for those stats. Hint: There's lies, damned lies and statistics.
- marcusverus 6y agoThe Great Depression began with the crash of the American stock market in September of '29[0]. Your stats sure make it look like that was a major tipping point for support for the Nazis. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
- unhomedcoder 6y agounemploymemt in Weimar 1932 was 30%. umemploymemt in the Reich in 1936 was 1%. like some wise economist said "it's the economy, stupid." i hear today US unemployment is 30+% and will hit 45% by July. i guess if America was ever going to repeat the steps from Weimar to Reich, that time is now. what was Hitler's formula for his economic miracle? it was dead simple. 1. default on the War Debt (owed to America) 2. pour over 50% of GDP in the re-armament in preparation to go to War. America is -$27 trillion in debt now. if we start ramping up the war machine to test drive the eagle against, oh, say, Chy-na, then start to worry about the new Weimar to Reich tramsition. may you live in interesting times.
- eloff 6y agoWow, that's pretty marked. I think there could be something to that theory then. I'd like to see more context around that before I'm convinced though.