Social psychology of Nazism; the law in the "Third Empire"

Social Psychology of Nazism; the law in the Third Reich This thesis, Social Psychology of Nazism: the law under the Third Reich, examines the phenomenon of Nazism and attempts to explain it using various approaches. The rapid rise of the NSDAP and the inability of democratic institutions to counter this threat has attracted the interest of both the public and experts practically since the NSDAP's first election victory. How can it be explained that the inhabitants of a developed European country abandoned democracy and embraced an aggressive ideology based on hatred and the restriction of freedom? What factors led to the erosion of society in the Weimar Republic? Was the shift towards Nazism irrational behavior, or can it be explained rationally with the help of social psychology? The first section of the thesis focuses on the relevant political and economic events of the 1920s and early 1930s. Based on these events, the thesis attempts to describe the institutional weakness of the republic, the socio-economic upheavals caused by economic crises, and the gradual shift away from democracy. It shows the environment in which radicalization and the shift towards extremist parties first became conceivable and later massively accepted. The second section of the thesis focuses on the NSDAP, Adolf Hitler,...