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Party delegates elected Hitler chairman after an internal power struggle. His leadership helped consolidate the movement around authoritarian nationalism, racial ideology, and antisemitism. The...

The Times published evidence that passages in the antisemitic Protocols had been plagiarized from earlier works. The text falsely claimed to document a Jewish conspiracy. Its exposure did not stop...

The League Council approved Britain’s Mandate, incorporating the Balfour Declaration and assigning Britain responsibility for facilitating a Jewish national home. The document recognized the rights of...

Hitler and Nazi allies attempted to seize power in Bavaria. The coup failed and Hitler was arrested, but his trial gave him a platform among nationalist audiences. The event illustrates the movement’s...

President Calvin Coolidge signed the Immigration Act, sharply restricting immigration through national-origins quotas. The law was part of a broader nativist system rather than a measure directed only...

Hitler’s book circulated racial antisemitism, conspiracy theories, and authoritarian nationalism. It was one part of a wider propaganda environment; it did not by itself determine later policy,...

The collapse of US stock prices helped usher in a severe global downturn that intensified unemployment and political instability. In Germany, the crisis later expanded support for extremist parties,...

The Nazis won about 18 percent of the vote and became the second-largest party in parliament. The result followed a campaign exploiting economic crisis and attacking democracy and Jews. It was a...

The Nazi Party won 37 percent of the vote and became the largest party, but did not win a majority. Hitler demanded the chancellorship and refused coalition participation on other terms....

The Nazi vote declined to about 33 percent, down from July, though the party remained the largest in the Reichstag. The result shows that Nazi support could fluctuate and that Hitler’s appointment...