assess the value of the source for revealing the approaches of the new Nazi regime to potential opposition and its success in surpressing it

Question 1

assess the value of the source for revealing the approaches of the new Nazi regime to potential opposition and its success in surpressing it”

Answer 1

assess the value of the source for revealing the approaches of the new Nazi regime to potential opposition and its success in surpressing it”

Question 2

Approach to opposition under new nazi regime

Answer 2

law against the formation of new parties- 14th July, KPD and SPD were ready banned, other parties dissolved themselves, Germany becomes a one party state

• Law for protection of the nation and state 28th feb
  Suspended constitutional civil rights and secret police given power to had anyone in custody, which was used to attack the KPD
• 24th March enabling act gives Hitler emergency power in government for 4 years, used to ban the KPD following the reichstag fire on 27th feb

Question 3

Success in suppressing opposition

Answer 3

Following the law against the formation of new parties, political parties actually dissolved themselves out of fear of the nazis

the law for protection of state and nation was well accepted because communist threat was well publicised and so people were happy to allow freedoms to be removed if it meant protection from communism

March 24th enabling act, emergency powers were legally given to Hitler allowing him control over anything if necessary for 4 years, allows him to swiftly ban the KPD