The dramatic result of the 1930 German federal election was that the NSDAP, the Nazi Party, was now the second-largest in the Reichstag and thus a major player in German politics.
But being a major party is not the same thing as participating in the government. The NSDAP, like the Communists, stubbonly refused to join any coalition, unless the party leader, Adolf Hitler, was made chancellor.
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Fanfare
Opening Theme
Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
Composed in 1848 by Richard Wagner.
Performed by the United States Marine Band. Public domain recording. Source.
Closing Theme
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