One of the great questions of history is: How was the Nazi party allowed to come to power? It is important to note that the National Socialists did not win power through a coup or by forcibly taking over but in fact were democratically elected into power by the German people. This means that normal people allowed one of the most evil regimes in history to take total control over their entire lives. It makes one have to ask: How did the Nazis convince the German people to accept them and their policies? This question is further complicated by the fact that Germany in the post-war period was one of the most progressive and intelligent nations on Earth. The Weimar Republic had allowed for great achievements in architecture, film, and science*.
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But one factor of the rise of the National Socialist Party that cannot be overlooked is the skill which the Nazis had at getting their radical ideologies and political promises accepted by the common German. Looking back from a 21st Century perspective it may seem hard to believe anyone could accept the absurdity the Nazis not only used as a political platform but genuinely believed with a religious fervor. Such naked hatred, sinister conspiratorial ravings, and empty economical proposals would seem so totally ridiculous that no one of any reasonable intelligence could possibly accept them; and yet not only did the Germans believe them, they allowed their authors to become the sole power in all of Germany. This was not achieved through the sheer power of the Nazi’s ideologies however but by the fact the German people had already accepted the basic concepts of their radical beliefs long before any such thing as a Nazi existed and the wealthy and powerful of Germany deciding to back their election as a way of keeping the Communists out of power. These two factors, the ability of the National Socialists to find easy acceptance for their “Blame the Jews” rhetoric and the behind the scenes support they received from the powerbrokers in the German Government, are what allowed the Nazis to achieve enough power to remove all other
But one factor of the rise of the National Socialist Party that cannot be overlooked is the skill which the Nazis had at getting their radical ideologies and political promises accepted by the common German. Looking back from a 21st Century perspective it may seem hard to believe anyone could accept the absurdity the Nazis not only used as a political platform but genuinely believed with a religious fervor. Such naked hatred, sinister conspiratorial ravings, and empty economical proposals would seem so totally ridiculous that no one of any reasonable intelligence could possibly accept them; and yet not only did the Germans believe them, they allowed their authors to become the sole power in all of Germany. This was not achieved through the sheer power of the Nazi’s ideologies however but by the fact the German people had already accepted the basic concepts of their radical beliefs long before any such thing as a Nazi existed and the wealthy and powerful of Germany deciding to back their election as a way of keeping the Communists out of power. These two factors, the ability of the National Socialists to find easy acceptance for their “Blame the Jews” rhetoric and the behind the scenes support they received from the powerbrokers in the German Government, are what allowed the Nazis to achieve enough power to remove all other