The generally accepted view is that Von Papen helped Hitler get to power. BUT would another major theory be that Papen was scared that the Social Democrats and Communists might unite to block Nazism. In 1933, the Nazis had 11.7 million votes, the Social Democrats (SPD) 7.2 million, and the Communists (KPD) around 6 million. Had the SPD and KPD joined against Nazism they would have had control in the Reichstag. So could it just have been Papen was scared of a united left wing coalition? Or is that too far fetched?
2007-10-11
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