... flocked in their millions to vote for a party with such cretinous ideologies that this essay intends to explore. The most important factor in discovering who these people were and why they decided to opt for Hitler and the Nazis is surely hidden in the years that the party emerged from the political doldrums to the most voted for regime in the country. So what happened between 1928 and 1932 that persuaded over a third of the German electorate to change their vote in favour of Hitler? Pre-1928 the Nazi party had failed to make much impact in German politics and were merely a splinter group with little popular support. The years prior to 1928 had witnessed an upturn in the fortunes of the German economy and in a similar fashion to America there were signs in Germany of a mass consumer society and a newfound financial stability. While the ...

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