1930s Flashcards
Hitler become chancellor
Jan 1933
(He had a lot of restrictions)
Restriction:
What party had a lot of support that prevented nazi majority in reichstag
Communists
Restriction:
Germany was a what which meant that people could oppose nazi policies
Democracy
Restrictions removed by?
July 1933
Restriction:
Why were the people of Germany a potential threat
They could rise against Nazis
Reichstag fire
27 feb 1933
Who started Reichstag fire
Martinis van der lubbe
(Young Dutch communist)
Beloved he was working with communists but claimed was working alone
What was the result of reichstag fire
4000 communists arrested, communist party press and meetings banned
Enabling act
Gave hitler power to MAKE LAWS WITHOUT APPROVAL of the REICHSTAG
What did the Ss and sa do to secure votes
Patrolled the streets, used intimidation
Did the election results give Nazis majority or not. How many of 647 seats
It did not give them outright majority
288/647
What did they do which gained them 52 more seats and the majority they wanted
Forced a coalition (temporary alliance) with nationalists
What did having majority votes mean
They could pass any law they wanted
When was the enabling act passed
24 March 1933
How many people voted against and for the law
444 for
94 (social democrats) against
When did the Nazis begin to introduce fear
After the enabling act was passed
They began installing fear.
What was GLEICHSCHALTUNG
Mean
Co ordination or bringing into line
When was the civil service act
7 April 1933
What was the civil service act
Anyone of non aryan race or civil servant fired
anti semitism began
Law restrict Jews—preventing from work in legal/medical profession
April 1 1933—countrywide boycott of Jewish businesses
Book burning
Burning of ungerman books(Jewish or communist)
When did book burning begin
1933 may
Increased use of SA
Began terrorising nazi opponents (jews,communist,etc)
By October how many nazi opponents had been arrested by SA
100,000
