Ship of Fools | Historical Context
Germany in the 1930s
The Germany that the travelers in Ship of Fools were bound for was a nation on the brink of accepting the rule of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Party. In September 1930, a year before the Vera arrives, six and a half million Germans had voted for the Nazi Party. This was an increase from 810,000 two years earlier.
The increasing strength of the Nazis was a consequence of Germany’s desperate economic straits. In 1931, there were five million unemployed, the middle classes were facing financial ruin, and the unpopular government was...
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