13 Political Authority, 1929-1945 Flashcards
what did the elites hope Hitler would be like in government?
they hoped he would be a ‘puppet chancellor’ however he quickly began to consolidate his power
name the 5 key individuals who helped hitler to power
- Hindenburg
- Von Papen
- Schleicher
- business leaders like Thyssen
- army leader Oskar Hindenburg
who was Hindenburg?
ww1 military commander
he recommended the 1918 armistice
president from 1925
how did Hindenburg help hitler come to power?
he pointed him as chancellor in 1933 because he could not ignore his popularity and anted to control him
who was Von Papen?
member of Hindenburg’s inner circle
Chancellor in 1932
how did Von Papen help hitler come to power?
wanted to make hitler chancellor and make himself vice-chancellor. wanted to control him with Hindenburg
attempted to agin nazi support when chancellor by lifting the SA ban in June 1923 and placed communist curbs at hitlers demand
who was Schleicher?
member of Hindenburg’s inner circle
chancellor in May 1932-33
how did Schleicher help hitler come to power?
wanted to use nazis for his own ambitions and ha don admiration for hitler
convinced Hindenburg to appoint then dismiss Bruning and Papen
who was Thyssen?
German businessman
born in an leading industrial family
how did Thyssen help hitler come to power?
he liked Hitler and opposed the ToV and communism.
made regular large donations. 3 million mark to nazis for the 1933 election
him and Schacht were mad organisers in the letter to the president to appoint hitler
who was Oskar Hindenburg?
German General Leutnant
how did Oskar Hindenburg help hitler come to power?
lobbied president to support Hitler-Papen government
what happened in Germany Feb 1933?
Reichstag fire and emergency decree against communist. remove components from march election
what happened in Germany March 1933?
nazis got 43.9% of all votes
enabling act, gave hitler full dictatorial power for 4 years
what happened in Germany April 1933?
‘law for the restoration of the professional civil service’. enabled the nazis to remove political opponents
what happened in Germany May 1933?
all trade unions were banned, forcing people to join the DAF.
what happened in Germany June 1933?
SPD were banned
what happened in Germany July 1933?
law agains the formation of parties
concordant from the pope that gave religious freedom in exchange for being banned from political action
what happened in Germany Nov 1933?
election where nazi candidates got 92% of votes
what happened in Germany Dec 1933?
‘law to ensure the unity of party and state’
what happened in Germany Jan 1934?
law to place the federal states under reich governors
what happened in Germany June 1934?
night of the long knives. SA were too unpredictable to hitler orders the SS to kill SA leaders and those opposing Nazism.
what happened in Germany Aug 1934?
Hindenburg dies. hitler become head of state, chancellor and Fuhrer
army made to swear loyalty to hitler before the country
