Page 310 - Planet Rothschild. Volume 1 : the forbidden history of the new world order, 1763-1939

JULY & NOVEMBER, 1932
NSDAP SCORES BIG IN TWO ELECTIONS / BECOMES
LARGEST PARTY IN REICHSTAG

German elections in 1932 are held under violent conditions. NSDAP “brown
shirts” clash in the streets with Red paramilitary. Hitler’s party scores major
gains, winning 230 Reichstag seats. It is now the largest political body, but it is
still not a majority in the 608 member body.

Political deadlocks trigger another election in November: NSDAP: 196, Social
Democrats: 121, Communists: 100, Center Party: 70, and 9 minor parties split
100 seats. Germany’s chaotic politics are paralyzed and divided.

The brutal "austerity" policies of Chancellor Heinrich Brüning had shrunk the
economy by about 25%, but still did not prevent the German budget deficit from
growing. Unemployment tops 30% as desperate Germans commit suicide by
the 10’s of 1000’s.

In addition to a Parliamentary Reichstag and a Chancellor, Germany has a
President with unique powers. President Paul von Hindenburg was a World
War I Field Marshall and is a national hero. Politically, he is a non-Party
Independent. On the basis of the NSDAP’s 196 seats, and in order to end the
gridlock, Hitler asks Hindenburg to appoint him as Chancellor. Hindenburg
refuses Hitler’s request.