6.1A&B How Did Hitler Eliminate His Opposition? Flashcards
Dictator def
Ruler with total control over how a country is governed
Enabling Act def
A law passed in1933 that allowed the Nazis to make their own laws without consulting the Reichstag
Gestapo def
Part of the SS and Nazi Germany’s secret police force, created by Herman Goering in 1933 and controlled by Heinrich Himmler
Concentration camp def
Camp in which people are held under harsh conditions and without the freedoms of the rest of society
What event happened on 27 Feb 1933 and how did it increase Hitlers power?
- Reichstag burned down
- evidence of a Communist plot
- Hitler asked Hindenburg to ban Communist party
What event happened on 28 Feb 1933 and how did it increase Hitlers power?
- Hitler asked Hindeburg to pass ‘Protection Law’
- Giving Hitler power to deal with Germany’s problems
What event happened on 23 March 1933 and how did it increase Hitlers power?
- Fear of communists persuaded politicians to join Nazis
- Hitler now has a majority in Reichstag
- Forced the Reichstag to pass the Enabling Act
What event happened on 7 April 1933 and how did it increase Hitlers power?
- Nazis in charge of local gov and councils
- Gestapo formed
- 1st concentration camp formed (Dachau) for political prisoners
What event happened on 2 May 1933 and how did it increase Hitlers power?
- Hitler banned all trade unions
- Workers can now be exploited
What event happened on 2 August 1934 and how did it increase Hitlers power?
- Murdered SA opponents
- Hindenburg died
- Hitler took over Presidents job and Chancellor.
- He titled himself Deh Fuhrer
- Made the army swear an oath of loyalty to him
Der Fuhrer
-Supreme leader, title adopted by Hitler
What happend on the 14 of July 1933?
- Hitler banned all political parties except Nazi
- ‘Law Against the Formation of New Parties’
- go to prison for 3 years if u set up or run a party
