How Weimar Germany’s Proportional Democracy Put Hitler in Power

By Dana Bash and David FisherSeptember 23, 2026

“We warn our opponents not to drive us to the uttermost,” he bellowed. “Hunger is preferable to disgrace, and deprivation is to be preferred to dishonor.” And, as it turned out, the harsh terms of the treaty caused massive resentment,

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