a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around
a post about how many nazis remained in positions of power is made, the op is called a tankie and people defend the decision to keep nazis around
Has anyone done any analysis on if Weimar’s collapse could be more closely tied to losing its colonies and still trying to be a social democracy?
That seems pretty dubious. They started their colonies 30 years before they lost WWI, I don’t think they had enough time to extract enough to make a dent compared to their home industrialization
The colonies didn’t really matter for the economy in Germany. It did matter for concentrating capital in certain parts of the capitalist class though.
Losing polish territories was more important in that process than the colonies. They were basically not held long enough and were only considered “prestige”.
Yes, Greater Poland was economically significant and fairly densely populated, and Upper Silesia was one of the two most important industrial regions in Germany.
I was thinking more of the junker estates and west prussia, but yeah the loss of upper silesia caused an economic crisis in eastern Germany which is why the nazis picked up the votes there.