did a majority of German Jews vote for Hitler?

Question

I heard this from my sixth grade teacher, and told someone this today, but I can't find my source, and want to confirm, if anyone has any way to prove this, please let me know.

someone says mein kampf was published already, and that jews were deprived of the vote in 1935. However, Hitler came into power in 1933, and my teacher made a point that even though mein kampf was already published, nobody bothered to look into it. I'm not trying to be assertive with the claim, just trying to find someone who might know a way to actually prove this.

Not necessarily voted for Hitler, but for the Nazi party.

Answer 1

Jews were deprived of the vote in 1935 and Hitler was appointed, not elected. Tell your sixth grade teacher he should be ashamed of himself.

Answer 2

No, I am quite sure that no Jew voted for Hitler and the Nazi party. The extreme antisemitism of Hitler and his party was very obvious. It's right that probably few people had read "Mein Kampf", but Hitler took many speeches and his hatred for Jews was one of his main topics, it is impossible that anyone had not noticed it. It was very clear even in the 1920s that if Hitler would come to power, he would at least cause serious problems for the Jews.
And unlike someone wrote here, Jews were allowed to vote in the election we're speaking about. In the Weimar Republic, before Hitler came to power, they were equal citizens. They lost their German citizenship in 1935, after Hitler had come to power.
But seriously... if there is a man who all the time shows his fierce hatred for Jews and you were Jewish, would you vote for that man?? That would be totally absurd. It's a shame that there are teachers to say such nonsense!

Answer 3

His party never received a majority vote from the German electors but once he had some power in government the Nazis made the country ungovernable and frightened the people by burning down the Reichstag and blaming the communists. He persuaded the President that only the Nazi party could bring law and order to the country so he was appointed Chancellor. The rest is history.
There was never any ethnic breakdown of voters before Hitler came to power so there is no way of telling how many Jews voted for Hitler so your teacher is wrong.

Loryntoo - how did you become a top contributor - your answer is rubbish

Answer 4

90% of Germans approved Hitler's appointment to Reichsfuhrer. 10% voted no or entered a ballot which was disqualified due to inappropriate marking or extraneous comment/protest. Germany's population at the time was 67 million, with approximately 400,000 being citizens of Jewish faith. Theoretically, the ~60,000,000 million counted ballots would not necessitate any Jewish voters from casting a positive vote for the Chancellor. It would be foolish to say that none did so, although it was likely a small minority and that voting block was not able to exert much influence on the result. During 1933 roughly 10% of the German Jewish population emigrated out of Germany, but the remaining 90% didn't have the level of distrust or understanding of Hitler's politics to exclude all voting or support from his party.

Answer 5

Its been reported that a large number of Jews, mostly bankers, industrialists and businessmen voted in favor of the Nazi party. In 1933, Germany was in an even deeper financial depression than in America, and Jews probably saw nothing for them in the other parties/candidates but ruin. The Nazis were selling hope and change for the future of the German economy. Those prominent Jews could also have had a powerful effect on other Jews as well, especially in metropolitan areas. It must be realized that in 1933 even though Hitler's rabid antisemitism was well known, he was also very careful not to rock the boat at that point because at the time, Jews weren't hated as much as they were after their vote was nullified and after 1936 when the Nazi propaganda machine got into full swing. Access to information was slow and very sketchy at best in 1933 as well. Even with the anti Jewish propaganda the Nazi organizers of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin did a very good job of hiding Nazi antisemitism until after the games were over. Then, everything went back to the way it was and the Olympic Village was quickly turned into a barracks for the Wehrmacht. Based on that; there is a very high probability that a large number of German Jews were in fact, lulled into voting for the Nazis and subsequently for Hitler himself. The percentage may never be known, but it wouldn't be the first time a society of people were fooled into voting for their own demise - its one of the oldest ruses in global politics.

Answer 6

Whether the public was or was not familiar with Mein Kampf is beside the point. It was not as if Hitler hid his anti-Semitism in the pages of his book. In terms of propoganda, pomp, and visibility, the Nazis were a hard act to beat. The party organized at the grass roots level and made it a point to be highly visible in the local community. They wore their anti-Semitism as a badge of honor. It would have been clear to any enfranchised Jew that a vote for the Nazi party would be a vote in favor of a party that wished to oppress him.

Answer 7

Jews were disenfranchised before the election. None of them were allowed to vote for any candidate. Even with the disenfranchise, most Jews did not believe that Hitler would win until the German parliament building was bombed just three days before the election and Jews were blamed.

The day after the election a lot of Jewish passports were seized. Wealthy and notable Jews who hadn't managed to leave already suddenly found themselves unable to leave.
It happened that fast.

Answer 8

No. By the time he was running for Chancellor, his hatred of Jews was already well known.