Why did Hitler ban two parties and ally himself with the other two in 1930s Germany?

Question

Back in 1930s Germany, the five main parties were the left-wing Communist and Social Democrat parties and the right-wing Nationalist and Catholic Centre parties.

Why did Hitler ban the Communist and Social Democrat parties and ally himself with the Nationalist and Catholic Centre party?

Any con willing to answer this question?

SO FAR NO CON HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

And by the way official name of North Korea is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Does that make them democratic or a republic?

SO FAR NOTHING BUT PATHETIC ANSWERS FROM CONS: HITLER WAS A SOCIALIST. THAT'S WHY HE ELIMINATED THE LEFT-WING PARTIES AND JOINED FORCES WITH THE RIGHT-WING PARTIES.

YEAH. THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE.

Answer 1

I don't know where you got the idea that the socialist party (SPD) was banned?It wasn't, they voted against the enabling act of 1933.The communists were banned bc they would have voted against too, and with their votes the socialist would have had enought to stop the enabling act.
He allied with rightwing parties bc the socialists would have refused to ally with him.

Answer 2

ANSWER:

The Nazis being the extreme anti-marxists that they were blamed the Reichtag (German parliament building) on the communists and banned the party. The Social Demorat Party was banned by Hitler when it was the only party to vote against Hitler's "Enabling Act." The other two right-wing parties went along with Hitler.

Answer 3

Hitler was an extremely evil genius. I don't mean he was book smart but he was almost always able to choose the route that would lead to the least resistance until he had the number of supporters that he thought would be able to handle it. In the end he was really stupid. And who but a physiologist can explain what insane people do ?

Answer 4

He was a socialist, so he wanted to get rid of the socialist competition. He wanted all socialists to vote National Socialist.

In 2004 Kerry and the democrats sued to get Nader off the ticket, so that they wouldn't loose any votes to him (and he thought it would make all the lefties vote Democrat). Kerry didn't sue to get rid of the Libertarians, because he thought they would take votes away from Bush.

In the UK, Labour tries to ban the BNP because they loose votes to them. They also attack Plaid Cymru, their main competition in Wales. The Conservatives try to keep the UK Independence Party off of the ballot.

Answer 5

Hitler was against Zionists not only Jews

Answer 6

And I give a s**t,because... My father served during WW2 over in Sicily and N. Africa. That's what matters to me. BTW,please wave to my rabbit.

Answer 7

NAZI stands for National Socialist Party

Getr your facts straight!

Answer 8

Too, many roosters make the chickens nervous. As the only rooster you get more screwing done.

Answer 9

Many conservatives accuse Hitler of being a leftist, on the grounds that his party was named "National Socialist." But socialism requires worker ownership and control of the means of production. In Nazi Germany, private capitalist individuals owned the means of production, and they in turn were frequently controlled by the Nazi party and state. True socialism does not advocate such economic dictatorship -- it can only be democratic. Hitler's other political beliefs place him almost always on the far right. He advocated racism over racial tolerance, eugenics over freedom of reproduction, merit over equality, competition over cooperation, power politics and militarism over pacifism, dictatorship over democracy, capitalism over Marxism, realism over idealism, nationalism over internationalism, exclusiveness over inclusiveness, common sense over theory or science, pragmatism over principle, and even held friendly relations with the Church, even though he was an atheist.

And what of Nazi Germany? The idea that workers controlled the means of production in Nazi Germany is a bitter joke. It was actually a combination of aristocracy and capitalism. Technically, private businessmen owned and controlled the means of production. The Nazi "Charter of Labor" gave employers complete power over their workers. It established the employer as the "leader of the enterprise," and read: "The leader of the enterprise makes the decisions for the employees and laborers in all matters concerning the enterprise." (1)

The employer, however, was subject to the frequent orders of the ruling Nazi elite. After the Nazis took power in 1933, they quickly established a highly controlled war economy under the direction of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. Like all war economies, it boomed, making Germany the second nation to recover fully from the Great Depression, in 1936. (The first nation was Sweden, in 1934. Following Keynesian-like policies, the Swedish government spent its way out of the Depression, proving that state economic policies can be successful without resorting to dictatorship or war.)

Prior to the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, worker protests had spread all across Germany in response to the Great Depression. During his drive to power, Hitler exploited this social unrest by promising workers to strengthen their labor unions and increase their standard of living. But these were empty promises; privately, he was reassuring wealthy German businessmen that he would crack down on labor once he achieved power. Historian William Shirer describes the Nazi's dual strategy:

"The party had to play both sides of the tracks. It had to allow [Nazi officials] Strasser, Goebbels and the crank Feder to beguile the masses with the cry that the National Socialists were truly 'socialists' and against the money barons. On the other hand, money to keep the party going had to be wheedled out of those who had an ample supply of it." (2)
Once in power, Hitler showed his true colors by promptly breaking all his promises to workers. The Nazis abolished trade unions, collective bargaining and the right to strike. An organization called the "Labor Front" replaced the old trade unions, but it was an instrument of the Nazi party and did not represent workers. According to the law that created it, "Its task is to see that every individual should be able… to perform the maximum of work." Workers would indeed greatly boost their productivity under Nazi rule. But they also became exploited. Between 1932 and 1936, workers wages fell, from 20.4 to 19.5 cents an hour for skilled labor, and from 16.1 to 13 cents an hour for unskilled labor. (3) Yet workers did not protest. This was partly because the Nazis had restored order to the economy, but an even bigger reason was that the Nazis would have cracked down on any protest.

There was no part of Nazism, therefore, that even remotely resembled socialism. But what about the political nature of Nazism in general? Did it belong to the left, or to the right? Let's take a closer look:

The politics of Nazism

The political right is popularly associated with the following principles. Of course, it goes without saying that these are generalizations, and not every person on the far right believes in every principle, or disbelieves its opposite. Most people's political beliefs are complex, and cannot be neatly pigeonholed. This is as true of Hitler as anyone. But since the far right is trying peg Hitler as a leftist, it's worth reviewing the tenets popularly associated with the right. These include:
Individualism over collectivism.
Racism or racial segregation over racial tolerance.
Eugenics over freedom of reproduction.
Merit over equality.
Competition over cooperation.
Power politics and militarism over pacifism.
One-person rule or self-rule over democracy.
Capitalism over Marxism.
Realism over idealism.
Nationalism over internationalism.
Exclusiveness over inclusiveness.
Meat-eating over vegetarianism.
Gun ownership over gun control
Common sense over theory or science.
Pragmatism over principle.
Religion over secularism.

Furthermore a big part of the European resistance against Nazi Germany was Communist in nature