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EPISODE · Mar 16, 2026 · 31 MIN

The Nazi Revolution in a Small German Town [Partial Patreon Preview]

from History Off the Page · host Dr. Jason Hansen

So far our podcast had provided a broad overview of the Nazi seizure of power. In today's episode, we look more closely at what this experience was like at the local level, focusing on the small German town of Northeim, an idyllic city of 10,000 people located in central Germany. Here, the Nazis grew from an otherwise unremarkable splinter party in 1928 to producing clear electoral majorities by 1932. The episode examines the secrets to the Nazis' meteoric rise at the local level, as well as the failures of the other local parties and institutions to respond to them (again with a focus of local events).Note: 1) there is a second Patreon-only episode detailing events after 1933, covering the transition to the Nazi dictatorship. 2) The episode draws heavily from William Sheridan Allen's The Nazi Seizure of Power: the Experience of a Single German Town, 1922-1945, which I highly recommend reading.Support the showFor more information on History Off the Page, check out our website www.historyoffthepage.com!   Or you can support the  show via Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/historyoffthepage?fan_landing=true.

So far our podcast had provided a broad overview of the Nazi seizure of power. In today's episode, we look more closely at what this experience was like at the local level, focusing on the small German town of Northeim, an idyllic city of 10,000 people located in central Germany. Here, the Nazis grew from an otherwise unremarkable splinter party in 1928 to producing clear electoral majorities by 1932. The episode examines the secrets to the Nazis' meteoric rise at the local level, as well as ...

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