Germany was a country fraught with tensions-social /political allegiances spit the country apart. Religion divisions made a protestant and Catholic population divided (while protestant tended to be proNazis, the Catholics - pro Centre political party- less so). The German communist party (KPD) played off the success of Bolshevism, with such a large, industrial work force the KPD and social democrats stood as immediate opposition to Hitler.This threat was short lived, with non-nazi parties being …showed first 75 words of 1896 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1896 total…liberal society that appeared 1945. Destruction of the social elite happened due to military loss as opposed to Nazism, which if anything strengthened their position as the unshiftable hierarchy of Germany. It was the lack of alternative that forced many people into a passive role in nazi Germany, as the propaganda band wagon moved along many people merely followed to see what rewards could be reaped, not because they believed in it(true of the Workers).