Due to proportional representation (PR) no party could solely form a government. ... By then, they were the strongest ever party. ... This meant they were making decisions by themselves without consulting the Reichstag (which was the democratic body). ... The election the Nazi party won in March allowed it to make decision without the consent of the Reichstag, so Hitler took control of this and dissolved every other party. Germany was then a one-party state. ...

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That same day, the Social Democratic Party declared Germany was a republic. ... This meant that no party ever had majority in the Reichstag. ... Hitler's party got votes from disillusioned middle-class workers who switched their usual votes for the National Party and the Democrats to the Nazi's. ... He succeeded and rose to supreme control in the party. ... The Nazi's were supported for many reasons, and each of these saw the Nazi Party eventually come to be a very successful and powerful party in Germany. ...

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The fascist's didnt make idle promises like the democratic Govts. ... It gave the democratic Weimar govt. ... Although Italy had been democratic since 1870 it had failed to take root. ... Hitler's Nazi Party it stood no chance. ... For the most part it was external factors that made the position of some democratic Govts. ...

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Hitler whilst in prison realised that violence was not the way to gain votes in the elections and so decided that they would win power by democratic methods instead of trying to gain it by force. ... By 1932 the Nazi Party was now the biggest party in the Reichstag. ... The nazi party was gaining even more votes but still did not have power until Nazis, amounted to just over half of the number of seats. ... And what he wanted was total power The Nationalist Party decided to join forces with the Nazis. ...

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Several attempts to install nationalistic beliefs back into the government manifested itself into the violent Kapp Putsch by the right-wing nationalists and the Munich Beer Hall Putsch by the Nazi Party. ... This lack of public support can be further attributed to the dramatic change from the stable autocratic leadership of the 'military-like state' of Germany's old political structure, to the unstable state of democratic Weimar Germany. ... Although the Putsch was a failure, it was significant as it showed how groups from either political parties were prepared to take action a...

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The government alienated the Extreme Left and this would prevent the Social Democratic Party and the Communists to later work together to oppose the threat from Hitler and the Nazi Party. ... This is what Nazi Party had been waiting for. They exploited the despair of the German people; the Nazi party always did well in times of crisis. ... The death of Stresseman led to more votes for the Nazi party and also to the collapse of Weimar. ...

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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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No single party ever had won a majority in the Reichstag but a rather many small parties existed. Even though the Social Democrats did receive the most votes, the party was not big enough to rule of its own. ... As well parties such as the Nazi and Communists showed no hesitancy in wising to overthrow the republic. ... Since no one party could take control with ease, proportional representation led to a lard number of small parties with little political influence. ... The republic was forced into downfall, as no political party did agree with a democratic government. ...

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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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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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He joined the tiny German Worker's Party (later renamed Nazi) in 1919, this was the group that Hitler would transform into one of the most effective political movements of modern history. ... He was imprisoned for 9 months where he wrote his controversial biography Mein Kampf (my struggle), in which he condemned the democratic government and expressed his hate and fear of Jews. ...

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Hitler is the speaker who are forming the concept of the Aryan and opposing the Jews (Nazi Party, 2009). In July 1921, he was appointed on the leader of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Nazi Party (Nazi Party, 2009). ... A society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end (Rustin, 2013).Discrimination needs to be put to an end, if not an imperfect society will destroy itself (Rustin, 2013)....

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In the aftermath of WWII Germany was split between a democratic and communist form of government. ... Modern Germany is a federal, as well as parliamentary democratic entity today found throughout many countries in Europe as well. ... More notably is the rise of right wing extremism like the NPD party that has promoted racial violence towards immigrants, and minorities moving to the country. ...

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Protestants thought that doctrine was more democratic than Catholicism, which made the doctrine the province of the pope and bishops. ... As a result, Democratic Party introduced immigrant to national issues or national principles, thus, immigrant became involved in politics. ...

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"Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should feel free to be strong. It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum, instead of two sets of opposing ideals." These words were spoken by Emma Watson in her speech at the UN. (Watson, 2014) Women are changing the...

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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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