This was because the lower class supported the Social Democratic party. Nazism appealed to the middle class because the middle class needed a party that would let keep them above the lower class. Allen also claims that the middle class in Northeim applauded the institution of a dictator.
This is a prime example of how the Nazis came into power. We have time and time again gone over the point that the Nazis appealed to everyone in one-way or another. In Northeim the Nazis appealed to the middle class because the Nazis were against the Social Democratic party. The ironic part is that even when the middle class supported the Nazi party when it went into power, they could not predict that one day the Nazis would turn against them. Allen writes, "For a variety of reasons, Northeim's middle class was so intent on dealing a blow to the Social Democrats that it could not see that the instrument it chose would one day be turned against itself". (Allen 154).
Once in power, the Nazis begin their real Nazification. They did this by destroying the clubs in Northeim, followed by workers unions. The goal of this destruction was to isolate the townspeople. Nightclubs and union meetings were social engagements to townspeople. So by destroying them, the Nazis gave the people no place or reason to meet with each other. By the time anyone realized what was happening, the fear of the Nazis had set in. Due to this fear instilled by the Nazis, the Nazis could sway the people in any direction they saw fit. This was the true essence of "The Nazification of a Town".
One thing the Nazis were very good at was planning for the future. What better way to ensure complete support from future generations than to start with the German youth? Detlev Peukert argues this point in his writing, "Obedient and Dissident Youth". Peukert writes, "National Socialist youth policy aimed to secure the younger generation's total loyalty to the regime and their willingness to fight in the war that lay ahead".
