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Originally Posted by icenine
I was talking about Germans and who they voted for in 1932.
The mainstream historical consensus is that Hitler rose to power using the weak but legal German constitution and legal electoral process after 1923. At the time Hindenberg appointed him Chancellor his party held the most seats in the Reichstag but not a majority.
No one seemed to want to put the breaks on him in the early years of his dictatorship.
that came way later.
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Remember there was a fear of the Bolsheviks. He was the bulwark and his
followers had street credentials.