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9. National Socialist or Social Nationalist?

Nazis: The Road to Power

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The World's Greatest Bankruptcy

On October 24, 1929, it's Black Thursday on Wall Street. The Dow drops 23% across the next two days. Before it hits Germany, the new national government, under Chancellor Brunning, loses its majority. He remains in power only thanks to Article 48 of the Constitution. President is 83-year-old General Paul von Benekendorf und von Hindenburg.

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