- 03 Aug 2010 10:53
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I know it is a rather minor issue but I do beg to differ. The SPD was, as of 1932 still to the largest part composed of workers. Granted these were often skilled workers - in fact some of the most prominent social democratic leaders (Ferdinand Lassalle, August Bebel, Friedrich Ebert) were qualified workers. The majority of their supporters were however members of the working class.
As late as 1932 the percentage of workers among those who voted for the SPD was as high as 60%. The same cannot be said for the NSDAP, where the percentage of workers among their electorate never exceeded 40%. Nazism as a movement was largely carried by the middle class and the youth which would speak against Germany having a middle class that was "doing quite well". At least it didn't have that impression for itself.
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Smilin' Dave wrote:The SPD was largely a party of the middle class.
I know it is a rather minor issue but I do beg to differ. The SPD was, as of 1932 still to the largest part composed of workers. Granted these were often skilled workers - in fact some of the most prominent social democratic leaders (Ferdinand Lassalle, August Bebel, Friedrich Ebert) were qualified workers. The majority of their supporters were however members of the working class.
As late as 1932 the percentage of workers among those who voted for the SPD was as high as 60%. The same cannot be said for the NSDAP, where the percentage of workers among their electorate never exceeded 40%. Nazism as a movement was largely carried by the middle class and the youth which would speak against Germany having a middle class that was "doing quite well". At least it didn't have that impression for itself.
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