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MrPurple

(985 posts)
10. I'd still be curious what percentage of German Jews actually voted for Hitler
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 09:21 PM
Feb 2017

Thanks for the link, which is interesting and I'll do some more Googling. But, the fact that there's log cabin Republican organizations doesn't mean that a lot of gays are voting for them. German Jews were pretty educated (unlike many in Russia & Eastern Europe) and even in the 20's before the failed beer hall putsch, Hitler's main supporters were hardcore antisemites and Jews would have been aware of that.

I get that the Nazis tried to play to the secular German Jews' prejudices and thinking that they were superior to the uncultured Jews from Eastern Europe. But, I'd be curious if they voted for Hitler at the rate that blacks voted for Trump, or if it was something more. As educated people, they would have been aware of the violently antisemitic figures who were on Hitler's bandwagon.

Part of it was that in the previous election before 1932, neither the Nazis or the Communists got 5% of the vote. Then, after the stock markets crashed and the depression hit, they both jumped to 30% in the turmoil. So, they probably perceived it as a choice between two radical options, and since many Jews were financially better off than most, the nationalist/monarchist choice might have seemed less radical to them than the Soviet communist option.

Did "many Jews" vote for Hitler? MrPurple Feb 2017 #1
Yes. There was a well funded organzation for the sole purpose of getting Jewish support Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #2
I'd still be curious what percentage of German Jews actually voted for Hitler MrPurple Feb 2017 #10
The Final Solution didn't begin until 1941. Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #3
Actually it was within a few months that preparations Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #4
Trump was pretty explicit Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #8
It wasn't hard to read in between the lines, obviously Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #9
Kristallnacht was 1938 and it had been ramping up before then MrPurple Feb 2017 #6
Straw-man argument... regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #5
Yeah, the jumping right to execution made me uncomfortable. butdiduvote Feb 2017 #7
I apologize for the flawed logic. But your take on it was exactly what I was looking for. Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #21
In my opinion, yes. butdiduvote Feb 2017 #23
Thank you for pointing this out Takket Feb 2017 #11
Slippery slope really, but I'll take it. (jumping to conclusions) Tiggeroshii Feb 2017 #22
wtf are toy talKing about ? people are objecting to seeing them as victims. nobody said to enact bad JI7 Feb 2017 #12
Exactly Bettie Feb 2017 #15
victimization of trump supporters. now they are comparable to jews under nazi germany JI7 Feb 2017 #13
What the fuck. ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #14
Now we are equating what happenned to Jews under Hitler to what might happen jmg257 Feb 2017 #16
Of course this is phrased as a bad analogy, but MrPurple Feb 2017 #18
That I get...they are planning to build more detention centers for border control. jmg257 Feb 2017 #20
Wow! hrmjustin Feb 2017 #17
I voted "absolutely not." BigDemVoter Feb 2017 #19
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