1933-34 CONSOLIDATION OF POWER Flashcards
Hitler’s limitations as Chancellor (3)
Only 2/9 of the cabinet were Nazis
Hitler’s coalition did not have a Reichstag majority
Depended on Hindenburg
31 Jan 1933 ‘______ to the ______ ______’
31 Jan 1933 Appeal to the German People
When was the Reichstag Fire?
27 Feb 1933
Which act suspended civil liberties (after the Reichstag Fire)?
The Decree for the Protection of People and State (28 Feb)
Impact of the Enabling Law
Did away with parliamentary procedure and gave full powers to the chancellor for 4 years
Grounded dictatorship in legality
21 Mar Day of Potsdam
Orchestrated by Goebbels
Included Kaiser’s son therefore uniting National Socialism with the old Germany
How did Hitler pass the Enabling Law?
Refused admittance for KPOD
Intimidation from SA
Speech promising to uphold Christian values to get support of ZP
Passed 444 to 94
When did Hitler dissolve regional parliaments?
31 Mar 1933
How did Hitler co-ordinate Länder? (3)
31 Mar Dissolved regional parliaments and reformed them with Nazi majorities
7 April Created Reich governors
Jan 1934 regional state parliaments abolished
How did Hitler co-ordinate trade unions?
Declared May 1 a national holiday
SS occupied trade union premises, confiscated union funds and sent many to Dachau
Creation of DAF
14 July The Law against the Establishment of Parties
Banned any more parties being created- Nazis only legal political party
When was the Night of the Long Knives?
30 Jun 1934
Why was the SA a threat?
Calling for a ‘second revolution’
More radical left wing- working class membership
Did not care about satisfying elites
Disappointed by lack of personal gain from the revolution
How many murdered own NOLK
2000
Long term impact of the Night of the Long Knives (4)
SA disarmed
Support of army
SS emerged
Hitler secured supremacy
