Who Voted for Hitler and the Nazis? And why?

Question

Please, with specific groups.

Answer 1

1.capitalists - because they thought Hitler is the one who can fight against communists...Communists were quite powerful in Germany after WW1

2.many commons - they became hopelessly miserable after the defeat of WW1 and great depression...and Hitler promised them glorious future. Blaming Jews helped, too

3.nationalists + military who fought WW1 - Hitler promised tham revenge against France and Britain

Answer 2

...July 1932 Reichstag election the Nazis... polling 37.4 percent and becoming the largest party in the Reichstag by a wide margin. Furthermore, the Nazis and the KPD [Communist Party] between them won 52 percent of the vote and a majority of seats. Since both parties opposed the established political system and neither would join or support any ministry, this made the formation of a majority government impossible...

...On February 27, 1933, the Reichstag building was set on fire...promptly blamed on a communist conspiracy, and used as an excuse by the Nazis to close the KPD's offices, ban its press and arrest its leaders...

...Hitler held a new election in March of 1933. With the communists eliminated, the Nazis dominated the election with 43.9%, and with their Nationalist (DNVP) allies, achieved a parliamentary majority (51.8%).

The Nazis’ strongest appeal was to the lower middle-class – farmers, public servants, teachers, small businessmen – who had suffered most from the inflation of the 1920s and who feared Bolshevism more than anything else. The small business class were receptive to Hitler’s anti-Semitism, since they blamed "Jewish big business" for their economic problems. University students, disappointed at being too young to have served in World War I and attracted by the Nazis’ radical rhetoric, also became a strong Nazi constituency.

Answer 3

What? The German citizens voted for Hitler.

Answer 4

amazing that one man can be raised up w/ just 1% of the vote!