Who Voted For Hitler?

682 Pages·1982·23.235 MB·English

by  Richard F. Hamilton

WHO VOTED FOR HITLER?

Who Voted for Hitler?
Richard F. Hamilton
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CONTENTS
Maps and Tables ix
Abbreviations and Names xi
Acknowledgments xiii
One. The Problem: Who Voted for Hitler? 3
Two. A Review of the Literature 9
Three. A Reconsideration of Previous Evidence 37
Four. Berlin 64
Five. Hamburg 101
Six. Cologne and Munich: A Second Pattern 129
Seven. Cities of the Ruhr 156
Eight. Five Other Cities 199
Nine. The Summer Election: Travelers and Vacationers 220
Ten. The Parties of the Right and Center 229
Eleven. The Parties of the Left 266
Twelve. The National Socialists 309
Thirteen. The Character of the Political Struggle 361
Fourteen. The Weimar Catastrophe 420
Appendix A. The Reichstag Elections: 1919-1933 475
Appendix B. Germany's Largest Cities 485
Appendix C. Occupational Structures of the Cities
Studied in Chapters 4-8 486
Notes 487
Name Index 651
Subject Index 658

MAPS AND TABLES
MAPS
1. Germany, 1930 2
2. Berlin 65
3. Hamburg 102
TABLES
3.1. National Socialist and Zentrum Support in Hessian Communities,
July 1932 40
4.1. Berlin's Population by District and Social Status, 1933 70
4.2. Reichstag Election Results for Berlin, 1924-1932 74
4.3. Support for the National Socialists in Berlin by District, 1924-1932 78
4.4. Participation Figures for Berlin in Three Reichstag Elections 81
5.1. Occupations of Employed Persons by District: Hamburg, 1925 104
5.2. Reichstag Election Results for Hamburg, 1924-1932 108
5.3. Support for the National Socialists in Hamburg by District,
1924-1932 111
6.1. Reichstag Election Results for Cologne, 1919-1932 134
6.2. Support for the National Socialists in Cologne Subareas, 1930-1932 137
6.3. Reichstag Election Results for Munich, 1924-1932 147
10.1. Support for the National Socialists at the Time of the Anti-Young
Plan Campaign 237
Appendix Table A.l. Reichstag Election Results, 1919-1933 476
Appendix B. Germany's Largest Cities: Population (1933), Religion
(1933), and National Socialist Percentage (July 1932) 485
Appendix C. Occupational Structures of the Cities Studied
in Chapters 4-8 486