2.3 Hitler’s Dictatorship Flashcards
When was the Reichstag burned down?
27th February 1933
Who did the Nazi’s blame for the Reichstag fire?
Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch communist.
What did the Reichstag cure allow Hitler to do?
Pass and Emergency Decree, suspending the Weimar constitution.
When was the 1933 German election day?
5th March 1933
How much % of votes did the Nazi’s win in the 1933 election?
43.9%
How many % of votes did the DNVP win in the 1933 German election?
7.9%
According to the Weimar system of Proportional representation, a coalition of parties needed how much % of votes to rule?
50%
How many votes did the Nazi-DNVP coalition get in the 1933 German election?
51.9%
When did Hitler propose the Enabling Act?
23rd March 1933
What would the Enabling Act mean?
That Hitler could make laws without the Reichstag’s input.
How many did the Reichstag support the Enabling Act by and to?
444 votes to 94
What did the Enabling Act stop Germany being?
A democracy.
On what day were all political parties banned apart from the Nazi Party?
14th July 1933
What happened to trade union leaders in May 1933?
They were arrested and sent to concentration camps.
What were workers forced to join after trade unions were banned?
The German Labour Front (DAF)
What 2 people did Hitler feel threatened his power?
SA
Röhm
What 2 people were killed in The Night of the Long Knives?
Röhm
von Schleicher
What was The Night of the Long Knives?
When Hitler used the SS to get rid of SA members, 400 member were killed.
Who was Hitler’s most powerful rival?
Röhm
What were the 2 reasons that The Night of the Long Knives happen?
-removing opposition (Röhm and von Schleicher)
-to gain the support of the General Werner von Blomberg.
What do historians believe happened on a German battleship on 9th April 1934?
Blomberg agreed to support Hitler as the leader if he reduced the SA’s power and grew the German army
When did President Hindenburg die?
August 1934.
What 2 roles did Hitler merge together when Hindenburg died?
Chancellor and President, naming himself the Führer
What did Hitler call his regime?
The ‘Third Reich’
How long did Hitler believe his regime the ‘Third Reich’ last?
1000 years.
How was loyalty to Hitler shown?
Through the ‘Heil Hitler’ salute.
What did Hitler force the army to swear an oath of?
An oath of allegiance (loyalty) to him, not Germany.
Who were provinces run by?
A Gauleiter, a trusted Nazi.
Who did Gauleiters report to?
Reichsleiters
Who did the Reichsleiters report to?
Hitler
What was Goebbels?
A Reichsleiter, who focus was propaganda.
What did the 1934 Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich give Hitler?
Total control of local governments.
