The Socialists and the Germans in the Presidency

i: Why did telman and the communists persist in running a presidential campaign that had no hope of winning? But could and did give the german presidency to hindenburg, a 75 year old monarchist who wanted to restore kaiser wilhelm to the throne. So why would the communists co operate in allowing this man to become the richs president? There were two reasons. As far as the communists were concerned, the s p d had proved again and again that it could not be trusted. The goal was not to make the system work, but to bring it down.