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Rolf Wagenführ on the Inflation Boom (1932)
In the face of the immense economic and social challenges of the immediate postwar period – which included the reversion to a peacetime economy, the demobilization of the members of the armed forces....
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Hitler’s Speech to the Industry Club in Düsseldorf (January 27, 1932)
Many business leaders were highly skeptical of the NSDAP, which they viewed as a socialist and anti-capitalist party. Hitler tried to dispel their doubts through personal statements and speaking....
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Wilhelm Groener on Banning the SA (1932)
The 1932 presidential election made for strange political bedfellows – for instance, it saw the parties of the moderate left (SPD, Catholic Center) show their support for conservative incumbent Paul....
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| 194. |
Arnold Brecht on Paul von Hindenburg, Franz von Papen, and Kurt von Schleicher (Retrospective Account, 1967)
The conservatives aimed to “tame” the National Socialists politically by incorporating the “valuable elements” of the Nazi movement into a conservative authoritarian state. Kurt von Schleicher was....
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Rudolf Hess Warns against Alienating the Middle Classes (1932)
Hitler’s failure to form a Nazi government following the Reichstag elections of July 1932 had dealt the movement a significant blow. Seeking to capitalize on the lowered morale of the Nazi Party,....
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Otto Meissner's Minutes of the Second Meeting between Hitler and Hindenburg (August 13, 1932)
The July 1932 Reichstag elections witnessed a significant Nazi victory. The Nazis received 37% of the votes: the most of any party, but still shy of an absolute majority. Rather than use these newly....
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Reelection of Paul von Hindenburg (August 13, 1932)
Paul von Hindenburg’s first term as president came to an end in the middle of severe political and financial crisis. Now 84 years old, the old field marshal’s health was worsening and he relied....
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Hitler Rejects Hindenburg's Offer of a Conference (November 24, 1932)
By the fall of 1932, Hindenburg was seeking ways to bring the Nazis into a coalition government and temper their radicalism. On various occasions, Hindenburg invited Hitler to come and speak with....
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George L. Mosse on Sexual Awakening and Sexual Repression in the Weimar Republic (Retrospective Account, 2000)
German-American historian George Lachmann Mosse (1918-1999) was born into a Jewish family of publishers....
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