d the notion of competition for world domination between Jews and Aryans would become widespread beliefs in Nazi Germany and would even be taught to school children. This, combined with Hitler’s racial attitude toward the Jews, would be shares to varying degrees by millions of Germans and people from occupied countries, so that they either remained silent or actively participated in the Nazi effort to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe. Hitler would later express regret that he produced Mein Kampf, considering the extent of its revelations. Those revelations concerning the nature of his character and his blueprint of Germany’s future served as a warning to the world. A warning that was mostly ignored. Hitler was released from Landsberg prison in December 1924 after serving only six months of his sentence. At that time the government banned the Nazi Party and its associated newspapers and Hitler himself was forbidden from making public speeches. The support for National Socialism was waning throughout Germany; their voting figures in elections fell from almost two million in 1924 to 810,000 by 1928. At the same time, Hitler succeeded in increasing the party membership and developed the organization of the party throughout Germany with the help of Gregor Strasser who was responsible for the organization of the Nazi Party in northern Germany. The collapse of the Wall St. stock exchange in 1929 led to a worldwide recession, which hit Germany especially hard. All loans to Germany from foreign countries dried up, German industrial production slumped and millions were made unemployed. The Great Depression began and German families were cast into poverty and deep misery, and they began looking for a solution, any solution. These conditions were beneficial to Hitler and his Nazi campaigning. By July of the following year Chancellor Bruening, without a parliamentary majority in the Reichstag, was unable to ...
