The Social Democratic Party was the leading party in the creation of the Weimar Republic. ... The Weimar constitution was actually very democratic. ... A democratic system, where proportional representation was used. This meant making it easy for small parties to gain representation in the Reichstag. ... This democratic government which many parts of Germany society saw as too democratic, since so many of them were used to an autocracy, began to side with either the left or the right in Germany. ...

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The dominance of the Nazi Party as the single mass party ruling Germany occurred gradually but certainly. ... From this point, the ascension of the Nazi party as the only party ruling in Germany got easier as Hitler banned the Social Democratic Party of Germany in June 1933, before banning completely all the other political parties other than Nazis in July 14 1933. ... And as every totalitarian state, this single mass Party was directed by an official ideology: Nazism. ... In addition to that, a big censorship was enforced, banning any article going against the Nazi Party. ... To spread even m...

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By the mid 1920's Adolf Hitler was the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party. ... Both factors saw some support move from the communist party to the Nazi's and Hitler. Ultimately the murders resulted in one less party to oppose the Nazis. ... Middle class voters soon became disillusioned by the Weimar government, and turned their voting habits around towards Hitler's Nazi Party at the expense of the National Party, the People's Party and the Democrats. ... One of the more successful was the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler. ...

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1.a) Explain how the Nazi Party consolidated its power in Germany in the period 1933-1939. The Nazi Party is now known as the most callously notorious political party of our modern times. ... The Nazi party was the very quintessence of Hitler himself. ... The elections of September 1930 brought about the extraordinary unforseen development; the Nazi Party increased its representation in the Reichstag from 12 members to 107, becoming the second largest party around. ... The Great Depression impacted on the people's lives greatly, consequently resulting in their loss of faith in the demo...

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Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of a constitutional republic, theoretically subject to democratic checks and balances. Hitler's path to power was all very official, and absolutely within the legalities of the democratic Constitution. ... Hitler's party had 230 out of 608 seats in the Reichstag in the July 1932 elections. ... Soon thereafter the trade unions were dissolved, and opposition parties were dismissed. ... "The appeal to personal loyalty had been Hitler's hallmark, especially in moments of crisis since the early years of the party". ...

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This was on top of the significant minority of society who had never believed in it or its principles, with over 20% voting against democratic parties upon the Republic's inception in 1919. ... The fact that Hitler was leader of the most popular party cannot be overlooked as a factor. In the July 1932 election, the Nazi's had won 37.4% of the vote to become the largest party in the Reichstag. This shows that more people supported the Nazis anti-Weimar regime than any of the centrist parties and the widespread support of the party was undoubtedly taken into account by President Hinden...

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Single-party states tend to arise during times of crisis; whether it's because of political instability, war, or an economic recession. ... Once in power, any single-party leader must find means to quiet down the opposition, as fears may grow of him being deposed. ... The SPD (Social Democratic Party) and the KPD (Communist Party) were two opposition groups in Germany that had the majority of the support of the working class, who made up 45% of the population. ... However, things got out of hand as Mao's CCP (Chinese Communist Party) realized that their power was being undermined. .....

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Article 231 had a profound effect on German psychology because Germans felt they were at no more fault than any other party involved. ... Fuhrbach officially became a storm trooper of the Nazi party in 1926, and his story resembles those of other young men who resisted the French. ... The army felt they had been undefeated on the battlefield but they had been betrayed by Germany's democratic leaders, known as the "November Criminals." ... Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi party's propaganda expert, promoted the Nazi idea of nationalism as being "The Common Interest Before Self-Interest." ....

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The German people throughout 1923-1934 had experienced a complete disillusionment and loss of faith in their democratic Weimar Government, which ultimately lead to them believing in a system that was promising to restore Germany to the strong and proud country that it was before the devastating effects of World War 1 – the system of Adolf Hitler and the NSDA Party. ... The Government on its own was failing without any external pressure from Hitler and the Nazi Party, purely based on the harsh and unsympathetic terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which were released in June 1919. ... Conve...

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After World War I, the emperor and military commander of Germany relinquished their political power, leading to its ultimate transfer to the hands of the German Social Democratic Party. ... Because there were people voting for each and every party, there was no true majority party in the Reichstag at the time. The parties often argued and were very slow and inefficient in passing legislation. ... Hitler came to the forefront of the Nazi party and for some time, increased racial and political tolerance to expand his group and following. He gained the support of many wealthy and influential peop...

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Between the years 1924-1927 the moderate political parties including the German Democratic Party (DDP), the Centre Party and the German People's Party (DVP) formed the basis of coalition governments of the republic. The political violence that marred the initial stages of Weimar politics was absent and parties of the extreme right and left were subdued, the communists and the Nazi party only gaining a small minority of votes. ...

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This system made it relatively easy for small parties to gain seats in the Reichstag. ... Before the war, they had distrusted or even hated the Social Democratic Party, which figured so prominently in the establishment and the politics of the republic. ...

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Bernays equated what propaganda is to a democratic society to what force is to a dictatorship. ... Architectural power was utilized as a form of propaganda by which "charismatic leadership, circumventing intermediary social and political institutions like parliaments, parties, and interest groups, gains direct hold upon the masses". ... The reclamation of the Pontine marshes was imperative to the fascist party in Italy because one of the central symbols of the regime was to convert wild nature into productive nature. ... Garraty begins by distinguishing the Nazi destruction of democ...

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Wolzogen also wanted the Wagnerians to commit themselves to the VÖlkisch revival, but he stressed that the achievement of this was not through any political party. ... Under his influence the Bayreuth Blãtter and the Official Bayreuth Festival Guide became oracles of military nationalistic, ardently anti-democratic and viciously anti-Semitic views. ...

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Wolzogen also wanted the Wagnerians to commit themselves to the VÖlkisch revival, but he stressed that the achievement of this was not through any political party. ... Under his influence the Bayreuth Blãtter and the Official Bayreuth Festival Guide became oracles of military nationalistic, ardently anti-democratic and viciously anti-Semitic views. ...

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Then gradually they became built for the purpose of detaining the political opposition to Hitler's Nazi party. ... In this book he wrote about his hatred of the Jews and his opposition to the Democratic Government. ... On Hitler's release from prison nine months later he returned to the Nazi party and by 1933 became the Chancellor of Germany. ...

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World War One is essential to the history of the Holocaust because the Nazi party was birthed from the post war economic and political problems. From the surrender of the German military in 1918 Germany faced an unfavorable government, a democratic republic, a debt in reparations of 30 trillion dollars, and the one that hits German's the hardest is the blame for World War One. ...

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One of the similarities one can observe between the causes of WWI and WWII is that of the role of Germany. Concerning WWI one of the greatest causes of the war can be seen as the effect of the growth of Germany had on Europe. She was a relatively new country but one that was rapidly growing financia...

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Especially the Liberal party of the time who were the most consistant critics of the policy. ... Alan Sharp had referred to the League of Nations as a compromise agreement, which pleased none of the parties involved. ... She was also forced to accept guilt for starting the war and had to agree to accept a democratic constitution. ...

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