... in Germany following the wall street crash in 1929 due to heavy borrowing by the Weimar govt. from the USA. The fascist parties promised to make countries strong and economically stable the people listened and supported them. THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM There was an anti communist ... Other countries feared its threat especially were govt. Were weak Italy and Germany. The threat of communism gained the fiercely anti communist Fascist parties a lot of powerful allies including the Catholic Church and the rich Industrialist. The Catholic Church saw fascism as the lesser of two evils ... they ...

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... already manifested itself in the Kapp Putsch. This Putsch showed how the German military had absolutely no loyalty to democracy, as it ruthlessly crushed all opposition from the left-wing parties, but consistently supported the right-wing nationalist groups. This is clear in their refusal to suppress the violent Kapp Putsch, stating "Reichswehr does not fire upon reichswehr". ... Although the Putsch was a failure, it was significant as it showed how groups from either political parties were prepared to take action against the Republic. Thus, this emphasizes the importance of nationalism...

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... most votes, the party was not big enough to rule of its own. Many times, coalitions had to be formed between these small parties and often times such coalitions did not work. Thus, rivalries within coalitions formed an unstable government. Furthermore, there were twenty-five separate government ... . Some of these twenty-five governments lasted only a few weeks. Stresemann hoped, that foreign policy success would aid political parties to work together, however, this failed. The nationalist opposed Stresemann entirely as being too cautious and rejected the Versailles Treaty rather than hav...

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... to be taught in schools and anyone who disagreed with his party or its ideas was eliminated. He used strict censorship to limit other political parties from trying to rise into power. Mussolini gave himself the name "Il Duce" or "the Leader". Some of his fascist ideas strayed from ... what ideological fascist views were at the time. Like fascist ideology, Mussolini was anti-democratic because he wanted to be the absolute ruler and achieved this when he became dictator of Italy. However, unlike fascism, he did not believe in ... anti-semitism. Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 193...

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... Republic after the Wall Street Crash. This was on top of the significant minority of society who had never believed in it or its principles, with over 20% voting against democratic parties upon the Republic's inception in 1919. Added to this is Hitler as an individual. His charisma and cunning cannot be overlooked, which manifested themselves in increased support and several successful ... 's had won 37.4% of the vote to become the largest party in the Reichstag. This shows that more people supported the Nazis anti-Weimar regime than any of the centrist parties and the widespread support...

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... food shortages all over Germany, and the people started turning against the Kaiser. The Kaiser was forced to abdicate to Holland on 9th November 1918. That same day, the Social Democratic Party declared Germany was a republic. Elections were held throughout Germany in January 1919. The Reichstag were forced to meet in Weimar, which gave name to the new republic, even after ... Hitler speaking on the radio. There were also leaflets given out in school playgrounds, in order to get children whose families supported Hitler to bully the children whose families supported parties such as the R...

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After World War I, the emperor and military commander of Germany relinquished their political power, leading to its ultimate transfer to the hands of the German Social Democratic Party. This was a large groups of "moderate" Marxists that pushed for socialist reforms but not the great changes of property and wealth management that the Bolsheviks of Russia ... offset, the detriment was still quite prominent. Because there were people voting for each and every party, there was no true majority party in the Reichstag at the time. The parties often argued and were very slow and inefficient in pas...

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... European powers. This eased the collective minds of German politicians and along with economic prosperity contributed to a paradigm of political stability. Between the years 1924-1927 the moderate political parties including the German Democratic Party (DDP), the Centre Party and the German People's Party (DVP) formed the basis of coalition governments of the republic. The political violence that marred the initial stages ... of Weimar politics was absent and parties of the extreme right and left were subdued, the communists and the Nazi party only gaining a small minority of votes. The...

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... of government, outlined in the Basic Law, reflects in particular a desire to transcend the interwar period of democratic instability and dictatorship(Ch. 7L.O.C., country Studies)" The main goal in creating West Germany's Basic Law was to create "a climate of political stability". West Germany's parties are located at the middle of the political spectrum. This is because both, the historical experience with fascism ... the minister of finance. It is a rare event that all three figures are of the same party. Therefore, economic policy almost always reflects the interest of at least two p...

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... return to Berlin in 1958 where he died. Historic After World War 1, Germany passed through an important political and economic crisis. A revolution in Germany occurred, it passed from a monarchy to a democratic republic. A new constitution was written and Germany's society lived in a total disorder. During the Weimar republic, name given to the revolution in Germany, many new political ... parties appeared. Most of the parties were from the right or the left which is totally the opposite. From there came the countless political disorders. These conflicts between the fascism and communis...

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... representation (PR) no party could solely form a government. The large governments had to work with smaller ones in a 'coalition' government. This is obviously a problem, because these parties could never really compromise on a decision. The five parties active then, therefore, were not successful at what each of them were trying to achieve. Article 48 of the German Constitution allowed the President to pass ... in January 1933? The early 30s saw President Hindenburg and chancellor Bruning ruling by decree. This meant they were making decisions by themselves without consulting the Reich...

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... with feelings of betrayal towards those who did not fight in the war. The army felt they had been undefeated on the battlefield but they had been betrayed by Germany's democratic leaders, known as the "November Criminals." (Spielvogel 28) This blaming of those on the home front, called the stab in the back theory, gave Nazis an opportunity to promote Nationalism ... toward parliamentary democracy. Mayer was told " National Socialism was a revulsion by my friends against parliamentary politics, parliamentary debate, parliamentary government-against all the higgling and haggling of the pa...

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... work and bread. The Nazis pursue their political aims with aggressive violence. In 1930 - twelve years after it's founding - the parties that supported the republic lost their majority. Right-wing parties take over the government and begin to take apart the democratic system. In the elections of 1932, National Socialists became the strongest party. The votes of the National Socialists are now needed ... ...

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... dying from starvation and disease because the nation wealth had been spent fighting the allies in a losing effort. All of these crises I mention above led to atmosphere rip for overthrowing a democratic government and replacing it right-wing dictatorship. Adolf Hitler stepped in to provide a scapegoat for Germany's defeat in World War I and the conditions the citizens are suffering at the moment ... start because it was set up after the Treaty of Versailles and was despised by many German citizens. The first mistake they made was the political parties were not united which led to dozens...

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... , however, certain crucial structural flaws that eventually allowed its liberal institution to be overthrown. It provided for proportional representation for all elections. This system made it relatively easy for small parties to gain seats in the Reichstag. Ministers were technically responsible to the Reichstag, but the president appointed and removed the chancellor. Perhaps most important, Article 48 allowed the president to ... servants, and judges of the republic were generally the same people who had served the kaiser and the empire. Before the war, they had distrusted or even hate...

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