In Bavaria, this belief grew into the philosophy of National Socialism. The conditions in Germany at this time existed to enable such a revolution to take place. The democratic new parliament, known as the Weimar Republic, was unpopular. A radicalisation of political opinion occurred, which polarised the politicians. Both an extreme left and an extreme right were cultivated, as the Germans searched for answers.

The loss of the war caused extreme poverty, which in turn let disease run rampant. Tuberculosis, influenza and starvation were all rampant.

This radicalisation culminated in the formation of the Munich Soviet Republic, which formed eighteen months after the Soviet Bolsheviks seized power. Five hundred people were killed in the Munich rebellions. The Reichscorp (right-wing mercenaries hired by the German government) quelled the uprisin

In 1923, Hitler seized the moment to sway the tide in his favour. The French had come to collect their reparations, even amid widespread German poverty and squalor. The humiliation was seen to be the worst thing, in many Germans’ eyes.

The Nazis preached the theory of a world conspiracy organised by the Jewish people. They also preached violence and had a wing of the party known as the SA, or Storm Troopers. This wing was primarily concerned with the protection of the Nazis, and to intimidate the opposition. The SA was known as the Brownshirts.

The idea that Judaism and Bolshevism were inextricably linked – in fact, that they were one and the same – gradually took hold. The Jews were a convenient scapegoat for Germany’s economic woes. Due to an almost ancient belief that Jews had killed Christ, there was an undercurrent of anti-Semitism since medieval times. The Jews were banned from practicing most professions, and had turned to money lending (usury). They had been successful in the trade of usury since modern times, and so it was currently convenient to blame the moneylenders for the economic peril.

Hermann Göring, the decorated World War One pilot, joined the Nazis, as did Heinrich Himmler. Himmler was originally a chicken farmer, but rose to become the leader of the Nazi SS.

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