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2007-02-24 06:49:58 · 13 answers · asked by zoe g 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No you are so wrong.
The Nazi's won the elections by creating new jobs, improved the economy and rebuilt Germany from post war anarchy, ignored the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles, and lifted them out of the post Great War depression.
Then Hitler showed his true colours, by which time he had made Germany the number one military power in Europe
2007-02-24 06:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by Murray H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, unfortunately they could win the hearts and minds of many Germans for a long time. I'm German and I have to admit that. Yes, Hitler was elected at the beginning, there was little opposition against the Nazi regime and crowds of people who cheered to Hitler. I read about this subject and I know letters my grandparents wrote during the Nazi era - and it would be a lie to say the majority of Germans would have hated the Nazis and just couldn't do anything because they were afraid.
Most of them turned away from Hitler when Germany lost the war. They were angry that he had promised them they were superior and then were not able to win the war. Even in a school history textbook from the 50s Hitler was hardly blamed for what all he did until the war turned - the main thing he was blamed for was losing the war. It basically said that Hitler had cheated the Germans, leading them to this defeat.
But they did fail to win the hearts and minds of Germans on the long run. Neo-Nazis are now a despised minority and almost everyone understands what horrible criminals the Nazis were. Almost everyone hates Hitler now and that not because he lost the war but because he started it and because of the Holocaust. Much of what was regarded as a cultural norm until 1945 has turned 180° in the new generations, because we see how much death and suffering the generation of our grandparents have caused.
2007-02-25 09:51:34 · answer #2 · answered by Elly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because if they failed the concentration camps would not have happened. Children would not have been reporting on their parents and the attitudes would not have been able to prosper.
Nazis still exist today and while their popularity could be questioned, their hearts and minds are, in their minds, pure. All that is lacking for another holocaust is for good people to be easily led and to do nothing to stop it. Actually, if you will read the "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" and other Historical documents you will see that many people supported the Nazis.
Just as our government says -- we can't deport 12 to 20 million illegal aliens today, so was the belief that you can't kill all the Nazis and the sympathizers who committed the war crimes. You can only drive them underground.
Those who do not remember the past are destined to repeat it.
2007-02-24 15:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by MH/Citizens Protecting Rights! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree. the Nazi's did win the hearts and minds of quite a few German people.
The Nazi's were a political party in Germany, just like the democrats or the republicans in US. It was just the little groups within the main group (The SA, the SS, the state security apparatus called the Gestapo, ect) that really gave it a really bad name. Believe it or not, quite a few German people had there standard of living raised by the Nazi's while in office.
Incidentally, no one in Germany ever elected Hitler to any office. That's a very Miss-guided notion. he was appointed by Hindenburg after Hindenburg was politically black mailed to do so.
2007-02-24 18:58:13 · answer #4 · answered by centurion613 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not! The Germans were willing participants in the fascist state of Nazi Germany. Hitler's rise to power can only be accounted for by the fact that a significant portion of the German populace bought into his rhetoric of hatred and Aryan superiority. Quite scary indeed. Although I'm sure many Germans today would dispute this. They're probably embarassed.
2007-02-24 15:00:31 · answer #5 · answered by AJ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I disagree, I believed that the Nazis at first had the hearts and minds of the German people and it was only after the war did the people and the world realize the terrible fascist impact the Nazis had on their country and the world.
2007-02-24 15:05:09 · answer #6 · answered by NIck N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler was elected Chancellor and was the Nazi party's candidate.
He assumed dictatorship-style powers when he convinced people that the socialists set fire to the German house of congress.
Those in the medial who questioned the trains didn't live very long. His SS Nazi supporters were quite efficient that way.
2007-02-24 14:57:37 · answer #7 · answered by Jimbo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their was no winning he bought off most of his partei and than he forced the other 70% of German and Greater Germans to go along with the Party. but he did win the hearts of the Majority politically.
2007-02-24 14:59:57 · answer #8 · answered by Wilhelm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ABSOLUTELY NOT, the nazis were great propagandists who won the German people over, most anyway
2007-02-24 15:00:52 · answer #9 · answered by J D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But does it matter? The German people condoned the Nazi regime, and you know the results. That says it all.
2007-02-24 14:58:52 · answer #10 · answered by sleetseeker 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋