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7. What conditions does Fulbrook identify to explain how Hitler came to power?
A number of features:
o Defeat of the First World War
o Fragile and peculiar character of the democracy
o Wall St. Crash and the depression of the German economy
o Conservative elites and their support
Extra (not legit): Very specific circumstances after the first World War and the
Weimar Republic where one man could lead a mass social movement with
the assistance of old elites who had lost control in the situation. Furthermore
the specific historical circumstances which these things could come about.
8. What main points does Kershaw focus on to explain the rise of Hitler to power?
Building on top of deep seeded national humiliation which comes before the deep
economic crisis caused by the Great Depression. (Comprehensive crisis of state and
society/the entire system)
Hitler in that context is able to gain increasing support from his sense of utopian
vision in response to these crises.
o 1933 - Blending of politics and ideology of national redemption which make
the dynamic of Nazism