East Prussia under the control of national socialists
After the First World War, German province of East Prussia became isolated from the main territory of Germany. The enclave state influenced on the formation of post-war public consciousness, economic, political, and cultural development of the province. Such situation was a fertile ground where almost any propagandistic sprouts could grow, especially supplemented with difficult economic situation, unemployment, and the difficult socio-political situation of the population. The article analyzes the peculiarities of the emergence and organizational formation of the main political forces in the province: social Democrats, communists and national socialists, their confrontation, the struggle for influence on the population. It is emphasized how the Nazis' use of populist slogans, especially in the small towns of the province, the ideas of German nation revival, the need to acquire living space for Germans in Europe, German people supremacy over others, the purity protection of the German nation itself from the admixture of foreign blood and on this basis raising the population living standard of the province played a role in supporting the actions of the fascist leadership in unleashing a new world war.