WI Hitler died in ww1?

There was no 'Popular Front' strategy in Germany, quite the difference. The SPD, mocked as 'social-fascists' was seen as the prime target to counter and overcome for the KPD.

Of course there wasn't. Popular front strategy came into being after 1933 and taking the government by NSDAP. Anti-SPD policy of KPD was in place before 1933.
 
None only nearly as powerfull as Hitlers NSDAP.

IMO Hitler WAS someone 'special', as he had the ability to unite all the other nationalists under his flagg - or at least make them follow him personally. I don't see any any person of OTL, who had the same or at least a similar amount of 'charisma' to achieve this with all the other 'völkisch' nuts (as well as some 'educated' persons of better standing).

I am sceptical to putting to much emphasis on individuals. The exact form of such a movement might be different, but Germany would go through much of the same problems. Some other far right move,ment might arise, or maybe Germany would see a coup by a military man. There were far right movements in many countries, but structural properties of the countries were more important than personal factors fotr explaining were the movements suceeded. It´s not coincidence that such a movement happened in Germany and not in Britain. A communist revolution seems a lot less likely, as communists have primarily succeeded in areas where the states have been severly weakened (a point made by Theda Skocpol) or through foreign intervention (after WW2). It seems very unlikley that a movement based on the lower classes should be able to succeed in Germany at this point. Even after WW1, the state apparatus was too strong.
 
I am sceptical to putting to much emphasis on individuals. The exact form of such a movement might be different, but Germany would go through much of the same problems. Some other far right move,ment might arise, or maybe Germany would see a coup by a military man. There were far right movements in many countries, but structural properties of the countries were more important than personal factors fotr explaining were the movements suceeded. It´s not coincidence that such a movement happened in Germany and not in Britain. A communist revolution seems a lot less likely, as communists have primarily succeeded in areas where the states have been severly weakened (a point made by Theda Skocpol) or through foreign intervention (after WW2). It seems very unlikley that a movement based on the lower classes should be able to succeed in Germany at this point. Even after WW1, the state apparatus was too strong.

And you'll notice the character of those right wing regimes was vastly different from what the Nazis were like. Was that because of Germany, or because of Hitler? Probably both, but I'd say more of the latter.
 
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