Chapter 13 (NOT FINAL) Flashcards
When was the Enabling Act passed?
24 March 1933
When was the First Law for the Coordination of the Federal States passed?
31 March 1933
When was the Law for the Restoration of a Professional Civil Service passed?
7 April 1933
When was the Second Law for the Coordination of the Federal States passed?
7 April 1933
When was the SPD outlawed?
22 June 1933
What was the SPD outlawed as?
‘a party hostile to the nation and the state’
When did the Centre Party voluntarily disband?
5 July 1933
When was the Law against the Formation of New Parties passed?
14 July 1933
When were Reichstag elections held in 1933?
5 March and 12 November.
What was the result of the Reichstag elections on 12 November 1933?
Nazis won 92% of the vote.
When was the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich passed?
30 January 1934
When was the Reichsrat abolished?
14 February 1934
When was the Night of the Long Knives?
30 June 1934
When did President Hindenburg die?
2 August 1934
When did Hitler take the title of Fuhrer?
19 August 1934
What did the national socialist revolution mean to Hitler?
The conquest of political power.
How did Hitler view political parties?
As mere election machines.
What was the Nazi Party in Hitler’s view?
The ‘racial core’ of the entire German people.
What happened to KPD members after the Reichstag fire?
Those who had not been arrested or murdered or put into concentration camps fled into exile.
When did the DNVP voluntarily disband?
27 June 1933
What territory and population did Prussia comprise?
60% of territory; 50% of population.
Who was Reich Commissioner of Prussia in Hitler’s cabinet?
Hermann Goering.
What did the First Law for the Coordination of the Federal States do?
It dissolved the existing state assemblies and replaced them with Nazi-dominated ones.
What did the Second Law for the Coordination of the Federal States do?
It created the post of Reich Governor to oversee the government of each state, ensuring they followed Nazi central government orders.
What did the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich do?
It abolished the state assemblies and the governments of the states were subordinated to the Reich.
Who were Gauleiters?
Nazi party leaders at state level.
Why was the civil service’s support for Hitler misplaced?
They thought the conservative ministers in Hitler’s cabinet would restrain the Nazis and allow the Civil Service to carry on as it did under the Kaiser.
How did the Nazis view the Civil Service?
As an obstacle to their dictatorial power.
What was the SA membership in January 1933?
500,000
What was the SA membership by January 1934?
3 million
When was the auxiliary police formed?
February 1933
Who was forbidden from interfering with the auxiliary police?
Normal state police forces.
When did Hitler consider the process of Gleichschaltung completed?
July 1933
What was Ernst Rohm’s chief aim?
For the SA to become the new national militia and eventually take over existing army.
What was the combined SA and Stahlhelm membership in January 1934?
4.5 million
When was the auxiliary police disbanded?
August 1933
What was the only institution capable of removing Hitler from office?
The army, and they were loyal to hindenburg.
Who was the Defence Minister in Hitler’s Cabinet?
Werner von Blomberg
What did the SA start doing in the summer of 1934?
They began stopping army convoys and confiscating weapons and supplies.
What did Blomberg, with Hindenburg’s support, threaten to do in 1934 to clamp down on the SA?
Declare martial law and give the army power to deal with the SA.
How many people were executed in the Night of the Long Knives?
84
How many people were arrested in the Night of the Long Knives?
1000
Who were some of the people eliminated in the NOTLK?
Rohm, General Schleicher, Gregor Strasser, and Gustav von Kahr.
How did Hitler justify the NOTLK?
He claimed to have acted in order to save the country from an SA coup.
How was terror used after June 1934 and by who?
More systematically and by the SS.
What was Hindenburg’s preference upon his death as mentioned in his political will?
The restoration of the monarchy.
What had Hindenburg considered doing in order to control to SA?
Dismissing Hitler and handing power to the army.
What was the trigger for the NOTLK?
Hitler knew that if he did not bring the SA under control he could not count on the support of the army once Hindenburg died.
After the NOTLK, what was the attitude of the army leaders and Blomberg?
They had no issue with Hitler succeeding Hindenburg as president now the SA threat was removed.
How long did it take the announcement of the Chancellorship and the Presidency being merged to be released?
Within an hour of Hindenburg’s death.
What did the army do on the day of Hindenburg’s death?
They took an Oath of Allegiance to Hitler as their new Commander-in-Chief.
What happened on 19 August 1934?
A plebiscite was held to approve Hitler’s appointment as Fuhrer.
What was the result of the plebiscite held on 19 August 1934?
89.9% approved.
How long had it taken for Hitler to consolidate his power?
18 months, culminating in the plebiscite in August 1934.
Where is the Aryan Paragraph found?
In the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
When was the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service passed?
7 April 1933
