1) The Creation Of The Nazi Dictatorship 7: The Enabling Act Flashcards
What would the Enabling Act essentially get rid of?
The Enabling Act would essentially get rid of the Reichstag’s rights and transfer full powers to the Chancellor and his government for 4 years
Despite Hitler not having the majority needed majority of seats in the areichstag, which Act did Hitler introduce?
Hitler introduced the Enabling Act in the Reichstag
With the Enabling Act, what way would Hitler’s dictatorship be grounded?
With the Enabling Act the dictatorship would be grounded in legality
However to pass this act, what did the NSDAP need?
They needed the support of some other political parties as they needed a 2/3 majority to change the Weimar Constitution and establish a legal dictatorship
What was a further problem facing Hitler?
The SA were beginning to take the law into their own hands
What did the fact that the SA were beginning to take the law into their own hands suggest?
It gave the impression of a revolution from below
What did Hitler know that the elites hated?
He knew the elites hated the SA and feared their revolutionary actions
So what happened on the 21st of March 1933, two days before the vote for the Enabling Act on the 23rd of March 1933?
Goebbels, the propaganda minister, organised a large and symbolic ceremony in Potsdam
What was the purpose of the large and symbolic Potsdam ceremony?
Its purpose was to show the Elites, such as the army and the industrialists, that the NSDAP were more than happy to associate themselves with the ‘old Germany’
2 days after the Potsdam ceremony, so the 23rd of March, where did the new Reichstag meet?
On the 23rd of. March 1933 the new Reichstag met in Kroll Opera House in Berlin
Why did the new Reichstag meet in the Kroll Opera House in berlin on the 23rd of March 1933?
To discuss the Enabling Act
How did the Nazis show themselves?
The nazis showed themselves in a new light, with the SA threatening the members as they entered the building
Who weren’t allowed to enter the Kroll Opera House?
KPD members were not allowed to enter
Why was the fact that KPD members weren’t allowed to enter the building handy?
Because they only had 80 seats which meant the NSDAP only needed 2/3 of 520
In the end, who were the only ones that voted against the Enabling Bill?
The Social Democrats
