Hitler And World War I

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Adding to Germany's already vast economic problems, the country had to pay financial reparations for the war. Hence, the Treaty of Versailles fueled nationalist propaganda and played a major role in collapsing the Weimar Republic in the early 1930s.
Besides the Treaty of Versailles, several other factors affected the Weimar Republic. Parties in the Weimar Republic were closely aimed at specific socioeconomic interest groups. For example, the Social Democrats (SPD) were concerned with representing the working class and the German People's Party (DVP) was interested in big business. The inability of the government to work together led to a period of presidential rule. Also, continuous economic and financial difficulty weakened the Weimar Republic after the World War I. Germans faced high unemployment and inflation, in the years to follow.
Hitler and the Nazi party made their first substantial gains during the depression. Hitler's energy towards the problems of ...

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number of women also voted Nazi. With large numbers of Germans employed in agricultural, self-employed and white-collar jobs, Hitler and his party started to receive a substantial percentage of the vote. However, the unemployed were more likely to vote Communist instead of for the NSDAP. Nazi support was energetically increasing.
Propaganda played as extraordinary role by influencing different parts of society. Nazis promised the small man protection against big business and large stores. On the other hand, it promised big business the destruction of the Weimar Republic and the restoration of management's right to manage. Moreover, the Nazis pledged to women the return of ...

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