Becoming Fuhrer Flashcards
February 1933
Hindenburg passes law saying all meetings had to be announced 24 hours before hand which meant Hitler and the SA could storm these meetings and break them up.
27th February 1933
Reichstag fire
1st March 1933
Enabling Act
Gives Hitler the power to ban the communist parties and stop communist meetings.
23rd March 1933
The Nazis and the Nationalist Party join together giving Hitler majority seats in the Reichstag.
7th April 1933
Nazis put in charge of local councils and police
2nd May 1933
Hitler banned all trade unions
14th July 1934
Hitler banned all political parties
30th June 1934
Knight of the Long Knives
Ernst Rohm and 100s of SA leaders are killed
2nd August 1934
Death of Hindenburg means Hitler merged the role of Chancellor and president to become fuhrer