Bracher maintained that the end of German democracy was not inevitable, but instead was due to conscious choices coupled with "momentous errors and failures" made by Germany's leaders, especially President Paul von Hindenburg.
布拉赫坚称德国民主制的终结不是不可避免，却由于德国领导人做出具有“关键的错误和失败”的有意的选择，尤其是总统保罗·冯·兴登堡。