[lbo-talk] Nazi popular support

[Peter Lavelle]

German support was never really as strong as many believed. The Nazis  played upon "be with us, not against us." And it worked most of the  time (until about '43). The Nazis were keenly interested in public  opinion. They knew that they didn't have overwhelming support - they  just wanted passive support (on the back of economic recovery and later  winning wars). It is no cooincidence the Nazis resisted total war  mobilization until '44 - which proved very unpopular). Also, there is  the difference between supporting the regime and Hitler as a  person,  they rarely overlapped. 

  

  Chris, I have some books on public opinion in Nazi Germany here with me in Moscow, if you are interested.  

       
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