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To: Constant Reader who wrote (33420)10/16/2001 11:46:45 PM
From: epicure  Respond to of 82486
 
They consolidated power rather effectively in the desperate depression that gripped Germany. Times of crisis are always superb times for inhumane tyrants to seize power- because reason and rationality are suspended, and emotionalism and fear take over.



To: Constant Reader who wrote (33420)10/17/2001 10:18:29 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 82486
 
The way the Nazis "won" the 1933 election was by putting their opponents into jail, prison and concentration camps via a device called the Reichstag Fire Decree signed by a senile Hindenberg. After Hitler seized power, he abolished the Reichstag - no more silly things like law for him.

That's not what most people call "winning" an election.

You were right - it was a raw seizure of power, not a popular elected government.


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