Nazism

:The term "National Socialism" has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation).

Factors which promoted the success of Nazism

An important question about National Socialism is that of which factors promoted its success, not only in Germany, but also in other European countries (in the 1930s and early 1940s Nazi-type movements could be found in Sweden, Britain, Italy, Spain and even in the US) in the twenties and thirties of the last century? These factors may have included:

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1930s - 1940s

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• Economic devastation all over Europe after WWI
• Lack of orientation of many people after the breakdown of monarchy in many European countries.
• A perception that there was a disproportionate number of Jews in the German bourgeoisie (or upper class).
• Perceived Jewish involvement in war profiteering during WWI
• Appeal of socialism or socialist rhetoric to the German working class
• Humiliation of Germany at the Treaty of Versailles, and the widespread belief that the German military were not defeated on the battlefield but "stabbed in the back" by her politicians
• Rejection of Communism and the perception that Communism was Jewish-inspired and Jewish -led movements; hence the Nazi use of the term Judeo-Bolshevik
• The Wall Street Crash of 1929
• Hitler's choice of taking power through legal political means rather than a violent coup after the failure of the Beer Hall Putsch
• Massive socialist governmental programs