The myth that "Hitler was elected" is a dangerous myth (user search)
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
April 29, 2024, 06:21:22 PM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Discussion
  History (Moderator: Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee)
  The myth that "Hitler was elected" is a dangerous myth (search mode)
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: The myth that "Hitler was elected" is a dangerous myth  (Read 2540 times)
Wikipedia delenda est
HenryWallaceVP
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 3,243
« on: February 13, 2021, 08:07:17 PM »

I disagree with OP here. Hitler absolutely rose to power due to having the support of a plurality of Germans. This isn't a case of "too much democracy," however. It's a case of "German society was systemically antisemitic and racist and happily voted in Nazism because they wanted it."

Germany was not uniquely anti-Semitic compared to most other European countries nor was anti-Semitism their main appeal to most of their voters (as opposed to a core base of ideologues and true believers).

This is true. Wilhelmine Germany in the early 20th century was fairly tolerant of Jews; it was not Germany but Russia that was the home of terrible pogroms and persecution. My great-grandfather was a German Jew who served in World War I and won medals (the Iron Cross), something that would not have been possible for the Russian Jewish side of my father's family.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.018 seconds with 13 queries.