The Roots of National Socialism and Germany's Reckoning with its PastMain MenuBy way of introductionThe Context: Germany in the 1920s and Early 1930sAnd into this context there stepped one man . . .Anti-Semitism was Central to Nazi PropagandaPopular Sentiment: "At least Hitler isn't a Communist . . ."Nazi Officials Use Propaganda to Win Popular SupportNazis Pretend Life Goes on as Usual, Even in WarOne of Six Million Jews Slaughtered by the Nazis: Edith SteinWhat Psychologists Say about the Roots of NazismJung's 1946 Essay "After the Catastrophe"Germany's Reckoning with its PastSome Provisional ConclusionsWorks CitedCreative Commons LicenseCathy Kroll0c0427ebd621fb54b22b23c07748d7202fcfe9c8