Red Commissar
29th September 2010, 01:29
When I was reading through an entry on http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk on the Nazi's, I noticed this part here:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERnazi.htm
Propaganda cost money and this was something that the Nazi Party was very short of. Whereas the German Social Democrat Party was funded by the trade unions and the pro-capitalist parties by industrialists, the NSDAP had to rely on contributions from party members. When Hitler approached rich industrialists for help he was told that his economic policies (profit-sharing, nationalization of trusts) were too left-wing.
In an attempt to obtain financial contributions from industrialists, Hitler wrote a pamphlet in 1927 entitled The Road to Resurgence. Only a small number of these pamphlets were printed and they were only meant for the eyes of the top industrialists in Germany. The reason that the pamphlet was kept secret was that it contained information that would have upset Hitler's working-class supporters. In the pamphlet Hitler implied that the anti-capitalist measures included in the original twenty-five points of the NSDAP programme would not be implemented if he gained power.
Hitler began to argue that "capitalists had worked their way to the top through their capacity, and on the basis of this selection they have the right to lead." Hitler claimed that national socialism meant all people doing their best for society and posed no threat to the wealth of the rich. Some prosperous industrialists were convinced by these arguments and gave donations to the Nazi Party, however, the vast majority continued to support other parties, especially the right-wing German Nationalist Peoples Party (DNVP).
I ask mostly on the note about 'The Road to Resurgence'. I hadn't heard much about that work, and I can not find much useful information about it. It would be interesting to know more about- parties like the Nazi's presented on one side a screwy image of socialism to working-class voters, but in reality were intent on finding ways to secure power and saying anything to achieve that. Any hard evidence that shows that the Nazis, and other fascists, were focused on securing power first and foremost and were aided by industrialists is always a useful tool to fight against those hellbent on writing fascism as a "left" ideology. I want to know more about it if possible.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERnazi.htm
Propaganda cost money and this was something that the Nazi Party was very short of. Whereas the German Social Democrat Party was funded by the trade unions and the pro-capitalist parties by industrialists, the NSDAP had to rely on contributions from party members. When Hitler approached rich industrialists for help he was told that his economic policies (profit-sharing, nationalization of trusts) were too left-wing.
In an attempt to obtain financial contributions from industrialists, Hitler wrote a pamphlet in 1927 entitled The Road to Resurgence. Only a small number of these pamphlets were printed and they were only meant for the eyes of the top industrialists in Germany. The reason that the pamphlet was kept secret was that it contained information that would have upset Hitler's working-class supporters. In the pamphlet Hitler implied that the anti-capitalist measures included in the original twenty-five points of the NSDAP programme would not be implemented if he gained power.
Hitler began to argue that "capitalists had worked their way to the top through their capacity, and on the basis of this selection they have the right to lead." Hitler claimed that national socialism meant all people doing their best for society and posed no threat to the wealth of the rich. Some prosperous industrialists were convinced by these arguments and gave donations to the Nazi Party, however, the vast majority continued to support other parties, especially the right-wing German Nationalist Peoples Party (DNVP).
I ask mostly on the note about 'The Road to Resurgence'. I hadn't heard much about that work, and I can not find much useful information about it. It would be interesting to know more about- parties like the Nazi's presented on one side a screwy image of socialism to working-class voters, but in reality were intent on finding ways to secure power and saying anything to achieve that. Any hard evidence that shows that the Nazis, and other fascists, were focused on securing power first and foremost and were aided by industrialists is always a useful tool to fight against those hellbent on writing fascism as a "left" ideology. I want to know more about it if possible.