"In 1923 Adolf H incited an insurrection against the German government. He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, H claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of the “corrupt" Social Democrats.
H cleverly positioned himself as the voice of the "common man," railing against the "elites," cultural "degeneracy," and the establishment, who he all labeled as "Marxists." He claimed the education system was indoctrinating children to hate Germany, and promised to return Germany to greatness.To solidify his base, H masterfully scapegoated minorities for the nation's problems, exploiting societal divisions with an "us vs. them" narrative. Many Germans took the bait. H's NotC Party continued to gain traction, until he became Chancellor in 1933.H appointed German oligarchs as his economic advisors. He proceeded to privatize government run utilities, solidifying support of the economic elite.With the working class divided along cultural and ethnic lines, the NotCs shut down workers unions and abolished strikes.
Progressives and trade unionists were imprisoned and sent to concentration camps. Corporate profits skyrocketed while working class Germans lived paycheck to paycheck.H, who became a billionaire while in office, knew he and his clan of oligarchs could get away with the scam  if they constantly had an "enemy within" to blame while the corporatocracy robbed the country blind.An easy target was one of the smallest minorities. H removed birthright citizenship rights of Jews and started rounding them up for mass deportations for being "illegally" in the country. The German press under NotC rule highlighted instances of violence by Jews to convince the public that Jewish immigrants were a danger to the "real Germans."H wasted no time dismantling democratic institutions. Loyalty wasn't just encouraged; it was demanded. Opponents were silenced. Media that dared to questioned[sic] him were vilified as "the enemy" and "Marxists."H's Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels, bragged about how the NotCs were able to intimidate the media into giving them favorable coverage, and didn't need to give direct orders. The NotC regime and its followers collected all books they saw as promoting "degeneracy" or what would be considered "woke" today, and burned them in large bonfires. They also burned books that promoted class consciousness.Berlin had a thriving LGBTQ community in the 1920s, and even had the first transgender clinic. The NotCs burned it to the ground. LGBTQ people were sent to concentration camps and forced to wear triangle badges. Many were [unalived] in the Holocaust.The NotCs also saw manhood as under threat by independent women who didn't rely on men. In 1934, H proclaimed, “A women’s world is her her husband, her family, her children, her house." Laws that had protected women's rights were repealed and new laws were introduced to restrict women to the home and in their roles as wives and mothers.Reproductive rights were severely rolled back, and doctors who performed abortions could face the death penalty.
Despite all of this, the German people didn't have a similar historical parallel to look upon as a warning. Most Germans never acted like the sky was falling.Most just went along with their lives as usual, until many of their lives were snuffed out. By the time H's reign was forced to an end by the Allied Powers, 11 million people were [unalived] in the Holocaust, and 70-85 million were [unalived] in WW2."