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Berlin transport strike (view source)
Revision as of 00:46, December 13, 2022
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During the time period, Berlin was typically supportive of the SPD due to its pro-labor stance; however, the Social Democrats refused to support the radical strike,<ref>Moncure, Billy (September 28, 2018). [https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/communists-allied-with-nazis.html How Communists in Germany Allied with Nazis to Destroy Democracy]. ''War History Online''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> and lost crucial support in the November 1932 elections. The SPD lost its coalition control of the Weimar government, and subsequent political violence and intimidation by the Nazis led to Hitler's rise to power.
During the time period, Berlin was typically supportive of the SPD due to its pro-labor stance; however, the Social Democrats refused to support the radical strike,<ref>Moncure, Billy (September 28, 2018). [https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/communists-allied-with-nazis.html How Communists in Germany Allied with Nazis to Destroy Democracy]. ''War History Online''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref> and lost crucial support in the November 1932 elections. The SPD lost its coalition control of the Weimar government, and subsequent political violence and intimidation by the Nazis led to Hitler's rise to power.
==Quotes about the strike==
{{cquote|I grew up with the strike. Never, my father told me when I was still quite young, stand on a picket line with Nazis. My mother explained: ‘Wouldn't you believe it, ''there were Nazi pickets standing alongside the Communist pickets during the transport strike.'' '''The Communists allowed that to happen.''' Can you believe it?’|||witness account by Siegfried "Siegi" Moos, a KPD member<ref>Moos, Merilyn (October 31, 2014). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beaten_But_Not_Defeated/9h3tBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=nazi+communist+transport+strike&pg=PT83&printsec=frontcover Beaten But Not Defeated: Siegfried Moos - A German Anti-Nazi who Settled in Britain]. ''Google Books''. Retrieved December 12, 2022.</ref>}}
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