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In 1928, before the Great Depression, the Nazis did disastously in the general election, and Hitler was widely regarded as a grotesque, wildly gesticulating, screaming and shouting, funny little man. The Great Depression brought widespread unemployment and hardship, and many Germans were willing, even keen, to give 'alternative parties' a chance.

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