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I´m just a tiny bit uncomfortable with the phrase "the democratically elected Governance of the country".
Note that the Nazi party "NSDAP" in free elections never got a majority. For an overview of the election results look here: http://www.gonschior.de/weimar/Deutschland/Uebersicht_RTW.html
I consider "32 II" the last free elections just to be clear. Hitler came to power in January 1933 because the then German President Hindenburg made him Chancellor (The Weimar Republic constitution gave a lot of power to the President). In fact Hitler still needed the help of the (stupid) nationalist and conservative DNVP even in the last (April) 1933 elections just to get a majority. And that elections weren´t free anymore because:
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