(1) Nazi Consolidation Of Power : Unit 1

Question 1

Why did hitler call fresh elections in 5th march 1933

Answer 1

To get a majority in the Reichstag and to stop the spd and the kpd

Question 2

How did hitler stop the Kpd and the Spd

Answer 2

• early February new law forbade newspapers and meetings to criticise hitler
• in Prussia Hermann Göring ensured SA men where enrolled into the police
• burning of Reichstag building in 27th February was blamed on the communists (KPD) as Van der Lubbe was a communist

Question 3

What law did Hitler persuade Hindenburg to pass in the aftermath of the Reichstag fire

Answer 3

The protection of people and state law - this allowed the gov to suspend civil rights

Question 4

How many seats and percentage of seats did the nazis win in the elections in 1933

Answer 4

288 seats which was 45% of the seats

Question 5

What 3 things stood in hustlers was to becoming dictator

Answer 5

The president
The army
The Reeichstag

Question 6

When was the enabling act passed

Answer 6

23rd March 1933

Question 7

What did the enabling act do

Answer 7

Gave hitler the power to pass laws without the reichstags consent

Question 8

How did hitler get rid of the Kpd

Answer 8

He used the law for the protection of people and state to ban the party
In the run up for the vote on the enabling act

Question 9

How did hitler make sure that the enabling act would be passed by the reichstag

Answer 9

He used the law for the protection of people and state to ban the Kpd and he also had SA men stationed to intimidate the voters

Question 10

How many votes did the enabling act get passed with

Answer 10

441-91 with the SDP standing up against Hitler

Question 11

What does Gleichscaltung mean

Answer 11

The co-ordination of all aspects of life to fit in with nazi ideology

Question 12

How did hitler pass Gleichscaltung

Answer 12

By using the enabling act which eliminated opposition

Question 13

What 5 things did Gleichscaltung do

Answer 13

• late march - all state parliaments closed down and reopened with a nazi majority
• April 1933 - Jews etc removed from jobs in legal professions and civil service
• May 1933 - Germany became a one party state
• December 1933 - more reichstag elections held nazis one 91%
• January 1934 - Law for the reconstruction of state which abolished state governments