What-if HItler had stayed in Austria, fought in the Austrian Army, and joined a post-war, Nazi-like Austrian party. COuld this be plausible?
Mikey said:What-if HItler had stayed in Austria, fought in the Austrian Army, and joined a post-war, Nazi-like Austrian party. COuld this be plausible?
Landshark said:It's plausible but an Austrian Nazi party would never have the same power base as a German one, the population base is too small.
Landshark said:I do wonder what would be going on in Germany proper if Hitler stayed in Austria?
Walter_Kaufmann said:I'd say we're most likely to see a Hugenberg Chancellory. BTW, does anyone know if Hugenberg and the DVNP (German National People's [or Nationalist] Party) share all the "goals" that Hitler did?
For a different approach, how about a party led by Hjalmar Schacht? Schacht, although extremely hostile to Germany's Jewish population (he basically wanted them to leave), disagreed publically with what he called the "unlawful activities" against the Jews in 1935. He pointed out that Jews had fought bravely in the German Army in WWI and that they deserved to be treated legally, if not fairly. A brilliant economist, Schacht resigned his post as Economics Minister in 1937. During WWII, he became involved in several plots against Hitler (including the July Plot) and was sent to the Dachau Concentration Camp, where he managed to survive until the war's end. He was found not-guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg and died in 1970.