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As the effects of the Great Depression continued, there was a revival in the extremist parties in Germany. The Communist party Party received approximately one-quarter of the popular vote, and its supports controlled many working-class neighborhoods in urban centers. The right-wing National Socialist Party also won support, and in the 1932 election , they received almost one-third of the vote.<ref> Kershaw, Ian (1998). ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393320359/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393320359&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=0aa7f979a9f767b4c910f6c8ddbb276a Hitler 1889–1936: Hubris]''. London: Allen Lane, p. 345.</ref> The mainstream political parties seemed unable to manage the socio-economic crisis. Many conservatives were worried about the specter of a Communist revolution.<ref>Kershaw, Hitler 1889-1936, p.356.</ref> They withdrew their support for the Republic and looked for ways to ensure that the Communists did not take control.  President Hindenburg and his allies offered the Chancellorship to Adolf Hitler as part of a strategy to keep the Communists out of power. Hitler began to assume more and more power and suspended the Constitution of the Weimar Republic, and it was effectively dead. Under the 1934 ‘Enabling Act’, Hitler was made the undisputed leader of the German people and nation.<ref>Kershaw, ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393320359/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393320359&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=0aa7f979a9f767b4c910f6c8ddbb276a Hitler 1889–1936: Hubris]'', p. 347.</ref>