Plebiscite on withdrawal from the League of Nations

© Rendell Even after the incidents of November 1933 not everbody was able to see through the character of Hitler and his regime: David Lloyd George, 1916-1922 British Prime minister, inscribed this photograph with the following message: „To Chancellor Hitler, with admiration for his brilliant gift of courage.“ London, Dec. 1, 1933

On 12 November 1933 elections to the Reichstag take place in Germany once again. However, the name of only one party appears on the ballots: Hitler’s NSDAP. Incorporated in this sham election is a „plebiscite“ on the German Reich’s withdrawal from the League of Nations. As expected, the National Socialists achieve an overwhelming result: With 95 per cent of the electorate participating, 92.2 per cent of the electorate vote for the NSDAP – all remaining votes are declared invalid. Thus, 95.1 per cent of Germans endorse a withdrawal from the League of Nations which Hitler’s government had already carried out the previous October. In reality, plebiscites serve the Nazis only as propagandistic endorsements of their policies.