History A-Level
Extremism versus moderation
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Moderate parties like the SPD gained ground in the 1928 elections, while the position of extremists diverged, with the Nazis losing electoral traction and the Communists increasing their Reichstag seats by 1928.
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- 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945 – The 'Golden Age' of the Weimar Republic, 1924–1928 (AQA A-Level)
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