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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHitler didn't start with the camps.
— Susan (@naurielsjh.bsky.social) 2026-03-29T05:19:56.580Z
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Hitler didn't start with the camps. (Original Post)
applegrove
8 hrs ago
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The Revolution
(895 posts)1. The camps started pretty early
Hitler became Chancellor January 30th, 1933. Dachau started operating March 22, 1933. So it was only a matter of weeks. True, it took some time for things to ramp up to the horrifying atrocities we think of the most, but I think the real warning should be how fast these things can happen.
Pototan
(3,124 posts)2. I think the OP
really means that Hitler didn't with the Holocaust.
He had camps early on, but, as you said, the multiple atrocities came a few years later.
bmichaelh
(1,177 posts)3. Banks and Big Business were enablers
Banks and Big Business were enablers is also an item.
Kaleva
(40,355 posts)4. The Weimar Constitution itself was key
Article 48 empowered the President (Hindenburg) to rule by decree, suspending civil liberties during emergencies, ultimately facilitating the democratic collapse and Hitler's rise.