The Social Bases of Nazism, 1919-1933The social background of the supporters of Nazism has been the subject of intense debate since the early 1930s. Was the Nazi party a predominantly middle-class party or a people's party? Detlef MÜhlberger provides a comprehensive summary of the answer to this question, based on extensive sociological and psephological evidence. His lucid text is supported by numerous tables, illustrating that Nazi support came from all social classes. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Historiographical survey | 7 |
Methodological problems | 17 |
The social characteristics of the Nazi Party in its formative years 19191923 | 38 |
The social characteristics of the membership and leadership of the Nazi Party 19251933 | 45 |
The social characteristics of the membership and leadership of Nazi specialist organisations | 57 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
30 January according to Mühlberger analysis artisans bases of Nazism Bavaria blue-collar workers Brustein and Falter census cent Childers class and upper class model conclusions early elite Eutin Figure Fischer Gauleiter Genuneit German German society Hänisch Hesse-Nassau Jamin joined the Nazi Kater lower middle class lower-middle-class major membership and leadership membership cards membership lists methodological middle-class thesis Mittelstand mobilised Mühlberger Munich Munich Putsch National Socialist Nationalsozialistische Nazi electorate Nazi members Nazi membership Nazi Movement Nazi Party Nazi specialist organisations Nazi voter NSBO NSDAP occupational distribution according Partei-Statistik Party between 1925 people's party political Posen-West Prussia rank-and-file recruited regions of Germany Reich Reichstag election sample Schutzstaffel semi-skilled and skilled significant skilled workers social background social bases social characteristics social classes social composition social profile social ranking sociology SS leadership SS-Verfügungstruppe statistical studies Theodor Geiger upper class Upper middle class Volkspartei vote Weimar Republic working-class