The Nazis never won a majority at the ballot box on their own

Evidence

In the elections for the Eighth Reichstag which took place on 5 Marchin spite of terrorism and officially sanctioned despotismthe ruling coalition between the National Socialists (Nazis) and the German National People’s Party won just 51.8 per cent of the votes. But this was enough of a mandate for Hitler to use it as a springboard for the continuing extension of Nazi rulethanks to the compliance of the middle-class centre parties, who legalized the Reichstag’s self-destruction with the Enabling Act of 24 March. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 515

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Fascination alone could never have produced Hitler’s political success — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2540

Broader Connections

• Fascination alone could never have produced Hitler’s political success #corroborates (0.75) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2540