![]() ![]() None of these explanations by itself has proved very convincing. Others have sought an explanation in the Germans' mindless enthusiasm for the charismatic leadership of Adolf Hitler. A few years ago, American political scientist Daniel Jonah Goldhagen suggested that the overwhelming majority of Germans were fanatical supporters of Nazi anti-Semitism from the outset. ![]() More recently, some historians have argued that propaganda played a central role in rallying Germans to the Nazi flag others have stressed the growing terror to which the Nazi Party subjected the German people, above all in the later stages of the war. ![]() ![]() Older explanations looked to stereotypes of the German national character for an answer-militarism, love of violence, willingness to obey authority, desire for strong leadership, civil passivity and similar clichés of dubious validity. Many historians have tried to answer these questions over the years since the Nazi regime collapsed in ruins in 1945. Why did Germans keep supporting Hitler and the Nazis until the end of the war? Why didn't they rise up against a regime that was committing mass murder and atrocity on an unimaginable scale? Why didn't the mass Allied bombing of German cities lead to a popular revolt against Hitler? ![]()
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