The Nazis received 33.1% of the vote in the German federal election of November 1932. They received 37.3% of the vote in July 1932. Which is to say that approximately ⅓ of the German population were prepared to support an openly antisemitic, racist and violent party. Now either the Germans are particularly prone to evil, which I do not for one moment …
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