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Hitler the Revolutionary

The Nazi Party was attracting men who would stay at Hitler’s side for many years. Ernst Röhm, a violent, nationalist ex-soldier and ex-member of the Freikorps, was one of Hitler’s earliest accomplices, as was the once-dashing First World War fighter pilot, Hermann Göring, who introduced Hitler to the wealthier, more genteel classes. Hitler, always a hater of the aristocracy, pushed his prejudices to one side to play the perfect gentleman, sympathetic to their concerns, and winning much support and financial aid. But at the same time, Hitler maintained his appeal to the working classes as hyperinflation decimated savings overnight and rendered money worthless.

Hitler and his entourage c.1923

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