I often wonder how the German people felt as they saw Hitler and his minions take their country from them. Before Hitler, Germany was the European leader in science, the arts, industry and civilized progress in general and coming out of the aftermath of WW1 nicely. Then, on the promise by a glib community organizer of what was basically, “Hope and Change” they plummeted to the cellar in every department and will forever retain the shame that went with it. History, history, history.
They “plummeted to the cellar” with the Autobahn, ballistic missiles and the first swept-wing turbojet-powered fighter aircraft, never mind almost being the first with nukes?
I do not see that technological innovation was typically hampered by Adolf’s regime, whatever else it was or did. And frankly, the vast majority of Germans did buy the propaganda or else Adolf would have gotten nowhere; the socialistic roots of the Bismarck-influenced Second Reich were still in place during the Weimar Republic, with the Kaiser merely replaced with a Präsident.
“coming out of the aftermath of WW1 nicely. “
If draconian terms of the Versailles treaty which brought on a worthless currency and France hauling heavy industry out of the Ruhr Valley are “nicely,” then, yeah. IOW, no.