Plebiscites Under Nazi Germany Showed High Approval Ratings Accurate
“Plebiscites showed extremely high approval Saar Plebiscite (1935): Over 90% voted to return to Germany Anschluss plebiscite (1938): Officially 99% approved union with Austria Hitler’s withdrawal from League of Nations plebiscite (1933): ~95% approval”
Summary
The 1935 Saar plebiscite yielded over 90 % in favor of returning to Germany. The 1938 Anschluss referendum officially reported about 99.7 % approval of union with Austria. The 1933 referendum on Hitler’s withdrawal from the League of Nations recorded roughly 95 % support.
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- Historical Documents - Office of the Historian
Its nationalistic bias was expressed ... being counted on Monday and the result broadcast Tuesday. The final register showed 539,541 eligibles, and 528,705 votes were cast, with 905 invalid and 1292 blank papers....
- Historical Documents - Office of the Historian
Sir: Referring to my cable No. 171, of August 21, 10 a.m., I have the honor to report that the outcome of the plebiscite of August 19th showed that 89.9 per cent of the valid votes cast approved the assumption of the presidential powers by the Führer and Reich Chancellor.
- Under the Auspices of the League, Saar Plebiscite. | Library of Congress
At the end of 15 years, a plebiscite was to be held to determine the final status of the Saar. This vote took place on January 13, 1935. More than 90 percent of the voters favored the immediate reintegration of the Saar into Germany, which duly ...
- Austrian Anschluss - four days in March - Nazi foreign policy, 1933-38 - National 5 History Revision - BBC Bitesize
The result showed that 99.7% of voters approved of German control of their country.
- GERMANY QUITS LEAGUE; HITLER ASKS 'PLEBISCITE'; Berlin Orders Delegates to Leave Arms Conference as Britain and France Veto Rearming of Reich. (Published 1933)
GERMANY QUITS LEAGUE; HITLER ASKS 'PLEBISCITE'; Berlin Orders Delegates to Leave Arms Conference as Britain and France Veto Rearming of Reich. https://www.nytimes.com/1933/10/15/archives/germany-quits-league-hitler-asks-plebiscite-berlin-orders-delegates.html
- All Germans rounded up to vote | Second world war | The Guardian
The electors were asked to say in the referendum whether they approved of Herr Hitler’s decision that Germany should leave the League of Nations and the Disarmament Conference. In the elections to the Reichstag they were simply asked to vote for the Nazi list.
- “Der Weg ist frei – Die Saar kehrt Heim” | Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
The title of this postcard is “Der ... the League of Nations conducted a referendum on territoiral status of the Saar Basin and over 90% of voters opted for reunification with Germany....
- Hitler’s “Tet Offensive”: Churchill and the Austrian Anschluss, 1938
Nazi troops entered the country and Hitler formally annexed Austria on March 12th. In a plebiscite a month later, 99.7% supposedly voted “Ja.”
- 1938 Austrian Anschluss referendum - Wikipedia
Do you agree with the reunification of Austria with the German Reich that was enacted on 13 March 1938 and do you vote for the party of our leader Adolf Hitler? The officially published results showed 99.73% of voters in favour. After the referendum's "approval", Austria was integrated into ...
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