at first, they were a laughingstock, getting less than 10% of the vote through 1928. it is 1929. but then came the great depression. shadows over germany. and unemployment grows. unemployment reached 40%. hunger was added to resentment, bitterness. severe economic crises kill democracies. on top of a cratering economy, there was a crisis at the border. streams of refugees. more than a million refugees. there began the greatest mass exodus of modern times. including thousands and thousands of jews from eastern europe, came to germany. the border became a very loaded political issue. as the historian benjamin hett points out in his recent account of weimar, the nazis
there began the greatest mass exodus of modern times. including thousands and thousands of jews from eastern europe, came to germany. the border became a very loaded political issue. as the historian benjamin hett points out in his recent account of weimar, the nazis were fundamentally opposed to globalization before it was a catch phrase. hitler says something which really seems to jump out at us all these years later. he talks about german companies outsourcing manufacturing operations to china. by 1930, the nazis won the second most seats in the legislature. that was still less than 20% of the reichstag. one man represents the
the campaign trail. at first, they were a laughingstock, getting less than 10% of the vote through 1928. it is 1929. but then came the great depression. shadows over germany. and unemployment grows. unemployment reached 40%. hunger was added to resentment, bitterness. severe economic crises kill democracies. on top of a krcratering economy, there was a crisis at the border. streams of refugees. more than a million refugees. there began the greatest mass exodus of modern times. including thousands and thousands of jews from eastern europe, came to germany. the border became a very loaded political issue. as the historian benjamin
elected prime ministers and elected presidents. so hitler and the nazis hit the campaign trail. at first, they were a laughingstock, getting less than 10% of the vote through 1928. it is 1929. but then came the great depression. shadows over germany. and unemployment grows. unemployment reached 40%. hunger was added to resentment, bitterness. severe economic crises kill democracies. on top of a cratering economy, there was a crisis at the border. streams of refugees. more than a million refugees. there began the greatest mass exodus of modern times. including thousands and thousands of jews from eastern