Talk:National Socialist German Workers' Party

Is this true?

In 1933 Hitler was appointed chancellor in an attempt by the bourgeois leadership of the Weimar Republic to "calm" his radicalism, which did not work.

I am not sure that this is historically accurate. Hitler was in no way "radical" — the bourgeois leadership of the Weimar Republic, if my understanding is correct, placed Hitler to deal with the KPD threat to their power (the November Revolution), by any means necessary.

This, of course, did work; the November Revolution did not succeed. (It is debatable whether the reason this happened is Hitler's fascism or the the proletariat not being ready to take power at that time).

I fully concur that this is incorrect; it was his false "radicalism" and promise to destroy bourgeois democracy while maintaining private ownership which made him appeal to the bourgeoisie in the first place, and it would make little sense for them to want to dampen what would protect their system. At best, this is vague and unsubstantiated. At worst, false. In any case, I will remove it. Saul Wenger ^{Workers of the world, unite!} 18:13, 28 October 2024 (UTC)