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Quotes from The Nazi economic recovery 1931-1938 — Richard Overy

born 1947 England

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It has been estimated that about one-fifth of Nazi voters and members were drawn from the manual work-force. After 1933 the number of workers in the Nazi Party went up, a product of opportunism perhaps as much as conviction.

The Nazi economic recovery 1931-1938 (1996)

Some big businessmen did contribute to the Nazi election funds but German capitalism cannot be regarded, on the evidence, as having collectively brought fascism to power in any direct sense. Fascism in Germany was a mass movement brought to power through collusion with a bankrupt but traditional elite, not as the puppet of big business.

The Nazi economic recovery 1931-1938 (1996)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Overy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.