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Smackems posted...

In the speech I listened to he called attention to 800k children starving to death after the war and like France taking 1 million cows

Whether those are actually the numbers idk

It doesn't really matter if the numbers are true to be honest. Weimar Germany was in such a state in the 20s, it was on the verge of becoming a failed state. The government of the day was not addressing the issues of ordinary Germans such as massive unemployment and riots on the street.

People then start to look to the extreme left (Communists) and the extreme right (National Socialists) in an attempt to find a new way. The establishment, especially President Hindenburg, would rather have a man like Hitler in charge than any communist.

Famously, when Hitler became Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor von Papen joked that he'll have Hitler cowering in the corner like a mouse when he's finished with him.