PRESENTATION OUTLINE
FIERCE FIGHTING, SOMETIMES IN THE STREET.
CRISIS/TRANSITIONAL PERIOD/CHANGE.
THE ISSUES ARE PARLIAMENTARY & REVOLUTIONARY.
THE WEIMAR COALITION IS A SHAKY AFFAIR.
AN UNEASY MARRIAGE OF LEFT-LIBERALS AND MODERATES.
IN APRIL, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
HINDENBURG DEFEATS HITLER.
MAY 30, 1932. LATE NIGHT.
MAY 30, 1932. AN HOUR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
JULY 21- NOVEMBER 6, 1932.
IN JULY, PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
THE NAZIS WIN 37% OF THE POPULAR VOTE.
THIS IS THE LARGEST GENUINE VOTE THEY WILL EVER RECEIVE.
THEY NOW WIELD A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY.
THE COALITION OF LIBERAL-CENTER PARTIES,
THEN, IN NOVEMBER, MORE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.
COMMUNISTS GAIN 12 SEATS, THE NAZIS LOSE 34.
A SHARP REVERSAL IN FASCIST POPULARITY IS WIDELY PREDICTED.
BUT THE NAZIS STILL CONTROL A PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY.
JULY 21, 1932. NATIONAL REICHSTAG ELECTIONS.
NOVEMBER 6, 1932. SECOND NATIONAL REICHSTAG ELECTIONS.
NOVEMBER 6- JANUARY 1, 1932.
THE LEFT'S EARLY VICTORIES ARE NOT EXPANDED UPON.
THE CATHOLIC CENTER SHIFTS ALLIANCES
TOWARDS THE FASCIST RIGHT.
BIG MONEY SUPPORT FOR A HITLER CHANCELLORSHIP.
A DIM AND OPPRESSIVE AWARENESS AMONG THE PEOPLE
THAT THE BATTLE HAS TURNED
AWAY FROM THE STREETS AND THE BALLOT BOX
TO SECRET DEALS BETWEEN POWERFUL PEOPLE
NOVEMBER 6, 1932. EVEN LATER.
CHANCELLOR OF THE GERMAN REICH.
JANUARY 30, 1933. LATER THAT NIGHT.
JANUARY 30, 1933. THE HOURS BEFORE MORNING.
FEBRUARY 27, 1933. NIGHT.
FEBRUARY 27, 1933. A MYSTERIOUS FIRE.
FEBRUARY 27, 1933. LATER THAT NIGHT.
THE REICHSTAG IS BURNING.
THINGS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE
THE GERMAN COMMUNIST PARTY IS OUTLAWED.
THE FLAG OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP.
THE TRANSITION TO FASCISM
GATHERS INCREDIBLE SPEED.
THE 150-YEAR OLD GERMAN LABOR MOVEMENT
WITH ALMOST NO RESISTANCE.
THE SOCIAL- DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS OUTLAWED.
ALL MEANINGFUL AUTHORITY IS CONCENTRATED
IN THE HANDS OF THE CHANCELLOR.
IF THE SYSTEM IS NOT IN FACT COMPLETE & TOTAL,
THE ILLUSION OF TOTALITY IS ENOUGH.
THE NAZIS CONTROL NOT ONLY THE FUTURE
CENTURIES OF PROGRESS SEEM
NEVER TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE.
GERMAN TRADE UNIONS ARE ABOLISHED.
HITLER DECLARES HIS INTENTION
THE FIRST PUBLIC BOOK BURNINGS ARE HELD.
ALL LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL WORK
NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE THIRD REICH HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
THE FACIST MACHINERY CREATED IN SIX MONTHS
WOULD FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY
FOR THE NEXT THIRTEEN YEARS.
GERMANY WITHDRAWS FROM DISARMAMENT TALKS
AND FROM THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
REICHSTAG ELECTIONS AND A NATIONAL PLEBISCITE.
A 95% POPULAR VOTE OF CONSENT.