Anti-semitism was the major contributor to Hitlers mass support between 1928 and 1933. Explain how far you agree with this statement
I believe that anti-semitism wasn't the main reason as to why hitlers fan base grew in Germany as there were many contributing factors towards this, the main reason being the economic crisis that Germany was going through during this period. The economic crises that Germany were going through led to a rise in unemployment, a serious banking crisis and it also put more pressure on small farmers who were deeply in debt to banks. The nazis used this as propaganda and were stating that they could rid Germany of this economic crisis. They started to play the anti-semitism card and stated that it was Jewish-capitalism that caused these problems. Many shopkeepers and small businesses started to fall for the idea that it was the jews causing this hardship but the majority of germans only took an interest to the nazis as they promised things that most germans wanted like food and jobs. This statement disagrees with the question as this tells us that Nazis became popular because of the promises they made to deal with the economic issues.
Another reason as to why Hitlers support grew during this time was the fear off communism. Hitler and his party where very right wing and got a lot of there support from landowners, company owners and the upper class part of society and communism didn't appeal to any of these people as it meant that they would have to give some of there wealth to the peasants, the lower class society. Hitler, used this fear as propaganda and stated that if there party was to get into power, then Germany would not become a communist country as he would eliminate communism from Germany which the majority of Germans wanted and so this fear of communism also got hitler a lot of support which again, disagrees with the question as it shows that it was not just anti-semitism beliefs that got the nazi party the majority of its support.
Also, as you can well imagine, Hitler was still angry about the treaty of Versailles as where other Germans who believed that
Another reason as to why Hitlers support grew during this time was the fear off communism. Hitler and his party where very right wing and got a lot of there support from landowners, company owners and the upper class part of society and communism didn't appeal to any of these people as it meant that they would have to give some of there wealth to the peasants, the lower class society. Hitler, used this fear as propaganda and stated that if there party was to get into power, then Germany would not become a communist country as he would eliminate communism from Germany which the majority of Germans wanted and so this fear of communism also got hitler a lot of support which again, disagrees with the question as it shows that it was not just anti-semitism beliefs that got the nazi party the majority of its support.
Also, as you can well imagine, Hitler was still angry about the treaty of Versailles as where other Germans who believed that