Richard F Hamilton’s
Who Voted for Hitler is a great example of how historical sociology should be done-open mindedly, based on careful examination of the evidence.
By carefully going through the evidence, Hamilton builds up a nuanced picture of voting support for the
NSDAP. He makes it quite clear that the Nazis were building strength and
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This is a more recent article by Dick Greary published in History today. Nowhere does he contradict your point. In fact he cites Hamilton as a source. However, I thought you might find it interesting.
The received version of the history does seem to be lacking.
Elsewhere Michael Burleigh in The Third Reich: A New History mentions the strange phenomena that ex-Communists were welcomed into the NSDAP. Rank and file of course, not the leadership.
TDK
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There is nothing surprising about ex-Communists being welcomed into the Nazis. They had similar attitudes to how politics was conducted and overlapping views about social solidarity. Some of the dynamics of that is discussed here.
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