The SPD back then had real Politicians with a Backbone made of Steel!

Hitler tried to intimidate the Politicians by having the SS and SA surround the Building (Krolloper) which worked mostly but Otto Wels and the SPD voted against the “Ermächtigungsgesetz” (Enabling Act) and said in his famous Speech “You can take away our freedom and our lives, but not our honor.” Many of their Members paid the ultimate Price after that and Otto Wels died 1939 in his french Exile.