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This was the reason Nazis came to power in Germany
by Vishnu Sharma on Aug 19, 2007 07:17 PM

Read this very carefully and understand the coarse of historic events.
Communist Party of Germany (German Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands %u2013 KPD) was a major political party in Germany between 1918 and 1933.
Founded in the aftermath of the First World War by socialists opposed to the war, led by Rosa Luxemburg, the party was after her death gradually committed to Leninism, and in the 1930s was completely loyal to the Soviet Union and its leader Joseph Stalin. During the Weimar Republic period, the KPD usually polled between 10 and 15% of the vote and was represented in the Reichstag and in state parliaments.
So IT IS VERY CLEAR.
The Germans in 1932-33 were presented with the following alternative:
Communists who are loyal to Soviet Russia or Nazis who are loyal only to German interests.
It is NOT AT ALL surprising whom the German electorate chose. If you were an honor loving German at that time you would have done exactly the same.
The Industrialists, Bankers and Junker (Landlord class of Prussia all feared and hated Thalmann and his communists.
After the Nazis came to Power the Communists tried to make more trouble by trying to burn down the German Reichstag.
There are no candies for guessing what happened afterwards.
They were banned and Communism was expunged from Germany. The same needs to happen in INDIA once and for all.
It is very unfortunate that the World War II saw the victory of this pernicious philosophy so that it lived prey upon other nations.


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