Increasing support of the National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSPAD) among the German people in the period from 1923 to 1936"ÃÂ Many Germans believed that the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles were too harsh, unjust and imposed on them by the victorious powers. "It was a dictated peace"ÃÂ This caused a great deal of bitterness and resentment. The German people believed that socialist politicians had betrayed both the German people and the army, which led to the German democracy being challenged by radical political parties from the extreme right and left.
The important issues when accounting for the increasing support of the National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSPAD) among the German people in the period from 1923 to 1936, includes, firstly the political, economic and social problems from 1923 to 1936, including the impact of the Great Depression, secondly the Weimar Republic, thirdly Hitler's accession to power, the consolidation of the Nazi party (NSPAD) and the transformation of German social and cultural life under Nazism.
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Karte des Deutschen Reiches, »Weimarer Republik/D...
English: Map of the Weimar Republic in 1930.Germany surrendered in November 1918. Many Germans were delighted that the war was over, however there were those in the German army and on the home front who could not understand why. Many soldiers didn't "feel"ÃÂ beaten, and wondered why the armistice came about so quickly. Herbert Richter, a German war veteran recalled vividly how he and his friends felt about the surrender "We were angry because we didn't feel we had come to the end of our strength"ÃÂ Among the civilian population on the home front, the Great Depression, severe food shortages, the long blockades of Germany and the realisation that the war had all been in vain made the sense of betrayal worse. This anger was to have devastating consequences. "Those who felt it quickly looked around to blame someone for...