Consolidation of Power

Question 1

Reichstag fire

Answer 1

27th feb 1933

Question 2

elections

Answer 2

march 1933 = 88% turnout
- nazis = 33% <– needed 2/3 majority to change constitution

Question 3

hindenburgs death

Answer 3

august 1934

Question 4

night of the long knives

Answer 4

1930->33 SA represented radical side of nazis
Feb 1934= army, sa and ss met and agreed
April 1934= blomberg + Fritsch agree against rohm
SA= 3 million
30th June 1934= 200 SA dead

Question 5

Gleichschaltang- Political parties

Answer 5

Political parties = law against the formation of parties- June 1933

Question 6

Gleichschaltang- Landar

Answer 6

Landar= march 1933 dissolved regional Govs / April 1933 Gauleiters led reich Govs/ jan 1934 regional Govs abolished

Question 7

Gleichschaltang- Trade Union

Answer 7

Trade Union =
1939 membership reducing
1st Amy 1933 ‘May Day’
22 million members absorbed into DAF

Question 8

Army oath

Answer 8

July 1934= Blomberg praised hitler