Those least secure under industrialization were most drawn to the Nazi Party.

Evidence

It should be noted that the main followers of the Nazi Party—the Mittelstand (Dawidowicz, 1975; Shirer, 1960)—were those farmers, artisans, and lower-level white-collar workers who did not fare well under the industrialization that stemmed from the Enlightenment. Thus, the “true German identity” was most salient for those portions of the German population that faced the greatest uncertainty and threats to self-esteem. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 915

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the reader’s Blackwell/Frankfurt School material on the Mittelstand, the authoritarian personality, and the Weimar workers’ study — economic dislocation translating into identity politics. — connects to: Nazi Party followers faced the greatest uncertainty and self-esteem threats — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 915; Financial distress shifted Nazi votes beyond what income loss alone explains. — Sebastian Doerr et al., Financial Crises and Political…, 109; Falling local incomes from the banking crisis raised Nazi vote share substantially — Sebastian Doerr et al., Financial Crises and Political…, 107

Broader Connections

• Nazi Party followers faced the greatest uncertainty and self-esteem threats #expands (0.85) — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 915
• Falling local incomes from the banking crisis raised Nazi vote share substantially #corroborates (0.85) — Sebastian Doerr et al., Financial Crises and Political…, 107
• Financial distress shifted Nazi votes beyond what income loss alone explains. #corroborates (0.80) — Sebastian Doerr et al., Financial Crises and Political…, 109