    Politicians in Germany in the 1930s promised to oppose Adolf Hitlerâs Nazi party, but went about it through peaceful and legal means. Far from preventing Hitlerâs rise, the they ended up nurturing him and eventually handing power to him. Hitler used that power to smash every last vestige of democracy and to launch a disastrous and genocidal war.   In contrast, the militant tradition of anti-fascism has a track record of success. The National Front was defeated in the 1970s by a mass movement that rose up to confront it, led by the Anti-Nazi League.     So they are now ADMITTING to using illegal tactics!!!