o - Memorial University of Newfoundland DAI
o - Memorial University of Newfoundland DAI
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the N.U.P. in 1938. their differences 'IrUe never overcome. Quebec appeared 10 be<br />
longing for a saviour in me 1930s, a national leader who '1r'OUId rebuild Frenc:h.<br />
Canada. In their sea.rcb, many rumed to An:and. ArcaB:I's su;pponen initially<br />
included men <strong>of</strong> influence, both in the Cathoiic Church and lhc business community<br />
who saw Arcand u useful in their baIde against anti-semitism. Arcand was<br />
motivalt.d by h.istorical circumscanccs and inRuenced by European Fascism.<br />
Gef11laM:anadians were used by Hider to try and spread pro-German<br />
propaganda, hopina: for sympathetic press coverqe in Canada. OrSanLz:alions such as<br />
the DelltSCM kitlllll and the Bund were also used 10 spread German propaganda.<br />
Despite all their efforu between the Ikmd. N.S.D.A.P. and the D.A.F. there were<br />
only JOO) members.<br />
It was the economic conditions <strong>of</strong> the Depression which enabiecl. alternative<br />
political JrtIUPS sucb as fascists 10 flourisb. By cwniDinc Arcand's and the ocher<br />
political movements. their ideas and rections 10 them we can let: a beuer<br />
understaDdiDi <strong>of</strong> ean.ta in the 1930s. Fascism was excused by many in the ReMP<br />
and JOYU1U1Ienl as only over-zeaklus aDti-Communism. Only wim the 0U1break <strong>of</strong><br />
the war did die ReMP and the .ovmunent bq:in to take the facist threar. more<br />
seriously.<br />
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