The
Weimar Republic was the first democratic regime in Germany. Already
under the Kaiser there was a parliament, but it was the emperor who
ultimately decided, especially in matters of foreign policy.
The photo shows sandwich-men at the entrance of a polling station during the second round of the 1932 presidential election. Strict equality: two for Marshal Hindenburg, two for the communist Thälmann, two for Hitler. Who won? Hindenburg, 53%, ahead of Hitler, 36% and Thälmann, 10%. No candidate of the powerful Social-Democratic party, which supported Hindenburg in order to block the Nazis. Note that in the first round, 0.6% of the voters had chosen the candidate of the Party of Victims of Inflation ...
The photo shows sandwich-men at the entrance of a polling station during the second round of the 1932 presidential election. Strict equality: two for Marshal Hindenburg, two for the communist Thälmann, two for Hitler. Who won? Hindenburg, 53%, ahead of Hitler, 36% and Thälmann, 10%. No candidate of the powerful Social-Democratic party, which supported Hindenburg in order to block the Nazis. Note that in the first round, 0.6% of the voters had chosen the candidate of the Party of Victims of Inflation ...
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