Thursday, August 03, 2023

You know some people who just wanna feel good!

"He concluded that almost a third of the men were attracted by the indivisible 'national community' – Volksgemeinschaft – ideology of the Nazis, and a similar proportion were swayed by nationalist, super-patriotic and German-romantic notions. In only about an eighth of the cases was anti-Semitism the prime ideological concern, although two-thirds of the essays revealed some form of dislike of Jews. Almost a fifth were motivated by the Hitler cult alone, attracted by the man himself, but the essays reveal differences between men and women in the reason for the enthrallment with the Nazi leader."

~ Sarah R. Warren, Daniel Maier-Katkin, Nathan Stoltzfus

https://theconversation.com/why-did-women-vote-for-hitler-long-forgotten-essays-hold-some-answers-134481

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