Adolf Hitler: Man ofthe Left�Histonans in recent years have revisited the once

"settled" question�of who supported the Nazis. Ideological biases onc.e required
that the�"mling classes" and the "bourgeoisie" be cast as the villains while
the�lower classes#the "proletariat" and the unemployed#be seen as supporting the
communists and/or the liberal Social Democrats.�After all,�ifthe left is the voice
for the poor, the powerless, and the exploited, it�would be terribly inconvenient
for those segments of society to support fascists and right-wingers#particularly
if Marxist�theory requires that the downtrodden be left-wing m their orientation.�