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> Germany did not sleep walk into a NSDAP victory. People actually voted for it. 30-something percent, IIRC. Enough to give them a large presence in the legis
by AnimalMuppet 3y ago
> Germany did not sleep walk into a NSDAP victory. People actually voted for it.
30-something percent, IIRC. Enough to give them a large presence in the legislature - the largest, though not a majority. But they didn't really run things until Hitler was appointed chancellor. Appointed. Not elected.
So, yes, Germany did vote - once - for all those Nazis in the legislature. Hitler would probably not have been appointed if the Nazis only had, say, 5% of the seats. But Germany didn't elect Hitler to run the country.
- mopsi 3y agoI looked it up: 44%. That's more than is common for governing parties in many political systems (the rest coming from coalition partners for a parliamentary majority), so it's entirely fair to say that NSDAP had people's mandate.