Chapter 12 - The establishment of Nazi dictatorship January - March 1933 Flashcards
When did Hitler become chancellor?
30th January 1933
How many posts were the Nazi party holding?
3 out of 12
Who was vice-chancellor in 1933?
Franz Papen
Who were the two Nazi ministers?
Ministers of the interior Wilhelm Frick
Minister without portfolio
Who was minister for economics?
Alfred Hugenberg
Who was made foreign minister?
Freiherr Von Neurath
How many people attended Hitler’s torchlight procession?
100,000
Who was Hitlers propaganda chief?
Joseph Goebbels
What did Hitler’s torchlight procession show?
That his appointment as chancellor would not be a normal change of government
How many people did the SA have in January 1933?
500,000
How many members did the SA have in 1934?
3 million
What did the ministers allow Hitler to do?
To control the police
What happened on the 5th Feb to the SPD mayor?
A young Nazi shot him dead in a small town of Prussia
What happened to communists, socialists and trade unionists?
Rounded up and imprisoned in makeshift concentration camps
When and where was the first concentration camp established?
8th March 1933 in Dachau
How many people could the first concentration camp hold?
5000
By July 1933 how many political prisoners had been arrested?
26, 789
When was the Reichstag fire?
27th February
Who was blamed for the Reichstag fire?
Marinus van der Lubbe
What did the Nazis claim the Reichstag fire was apart of?
A communist plot
When was the decree for the protection of the people passed?
28th February
What was the decree for the protection of the people
Suspended important civil and political rights
What could the police do?
Arrest those deemed a threat to state security and enter and search private premises
What did the Nazis claim in their propaganda campaign?
That Germany was on the brink of a ‘German Bolshevik revolution’
How many communists did the police arrest?
10,000
What happened in the March 1933?
Although Nazi votes increased since the previous elections, it was not as much as Hitler hoped
When did Hitler pass the enabling act?
24th March 1933
What was the enabling act?
Hitler could pass lawas without the approval of the Reichstag or Hindenburg for 4 years
How did Hitler win the support of the Nazi party?
He reassured them that he would not use his powers without consulting Hindenburg first
