Heh, not sure it was incredulity, exactly, but I'd remembered thinking that Hitler's rise to power was more of a power grab, cloaked in democracy....than a true election.
Either way though, I think your point is valid that the people rallied around his nationalistic rhetoric for some of the reasons you stated. Elected or not, he was sure popular. Man of the year in '36....or was it '38? One of those years! > HA! I thought you were being sarcasting with your previous question. I > didn't suspect actual incredulity. > > Yes, in many ways Hitler's rise to power was quite democratic. In an > oversimplified nutshell, Germany was still smarting over the loss of > WWI. They lost a lot of territory, their economy was crap, there were > serious military/trade/political sanctions, and there were German > peoples still "trapped" in other countries. These Germans living in > other countries tended to be reviled and lived in ghettos. When > someone came along with a message of pride in Germany and a promise to > liberate the Germans stuck in other countries, it's no wonder people > rallied to him. > > -Kevin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142741 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
