Germany Election Of 1932
Independent incumbent paul von hindenburg won a second seven year term against adolf hitler of the national socialist german workers party nsdap.
Germany election of 1932. Federal elections were held in germany on 6 november 1932. The 1932 german presidential election was held on 13 march with a runoff round on 10 april. The 1932 german presidential election was held on 13 march with a runoff on 10 april.
President paul von hindenburg and adolf hitler on january 30th 1933 when the latter was appointed chancellor in a coalition government. It s a dark dirty secret of history that we don t like to acknowledge but the rise of german fascism began with a democratic election. The nazi party made significant gains and became the largest party in the reichstag for the first time although they failed to win a majority.
They were voted in. The presidential election reichspräsidentenwahl of 1932 was the second and final direct election to the office of president of the reich reichspräsident germany s head of state during the 1919 1934 weimar republic the incumbent president paul von hindenburg had been elected in 1925 but his seven year term expired in may after two rounds of voting on the 13th march and the 10th. Federal elections were held in germany on 31 july 1932 following the premature dissolution of the reichstag.
Howard the german presidential election of 1932 and the level headed statesman by jason ray carney in a letter to h p. Howard discussed the impending german presidential election. Lovecraft on march 2nd 1932 robert e.
Independent incumbent paul von hindenburg won a second seven year term against adolf hitler of the national socialist german workers party nsdap. In 1932 german president paul von hindenburg old tired and a bit senile had won re election as president but had lost a considerable portion of his right conservative support to the nazi. The largest vote ever cast for a reichstag membership was recorded at this election about thirty eight million people or 83 2 per cent of the qualified voters casting ballots.
The nazi party saw its vote share fall by four percent while there were slight increases for the communist party of germany and the national conservative german national people s party the results were a great disappointment for the nazis who lost 34 seats and failed to form a coalition government in the reichstag. Hitler and the nazi party won 37 per cent of the total vote in the 1932 german election which made it the largest party in the reichstag.