Why People Supported Hitler

Around 10% of German people in the Weimar Republic had authoritarian leanings, while 15% were democratically minded, and about 75% fell in the middle./nConventional wisdom suggested that the democratically minded individuals would oppose any rising authoritarian leader, but the 75% in the middle may have been psychologically incapable of embracing freedom./nMillions in Germany were eager to surrender their freedom and sought ways to escape from it.