Creation of the Nazi Dictatorship 1933-34 Flashcards

1
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Why did Hitler persuade Hburg to hold further elections March 1933

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Although Nazis largest party still not overall majority and only 3/12 cabinet members Nazis

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What was the consequences of the LPPS

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  • govt gained powers to suspend civil liberties guaranteed in the Constitution such as freedom of assembly
  • Nazis could appoint local police chiefs
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How did Nazis use the SA and SS

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to ban or disrupt other parties meetings and intimidate opponents

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What happened with protective custody?

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Nazis could arrest enemies and put them into ‘protective custody’ sending them to concentration camps like Dachau
About 4000 commies put into PC

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5
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How did the Nazis do in the 5th March 1933 elections?

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Got 288/647 sets so 43.9% vote. Not 2/3 majority Hitler needed

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what was the voter turn-out in the 5th March 1933 elections

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88.8%, record-breaking

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How many seats did the SPD get in the 5th March 1933 elections?

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120

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How many seats did the KPD win in the 5th march 1933 elections?

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81

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9
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Who was Ludwig Kaas?

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Centre Party Chairman who made a deal with hitler

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10
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What agreement with Hitler did Ludwig Kaas make?

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ZP would support the enabling act in exchange for the Nazis not interfering in Catholic Church affairs

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11
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94 SPD deputies voted against the enabling act inspite of what?

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Huge SA intimidation at Kroll Opera House

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12
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How many SPD deputies voted against the enabling act?

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94

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13
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when was a the enabling act passed?

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24 March 1933

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14
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How many votes was the Enabling Act passed by?

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444 to 94 votes

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15
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What was the official title for the enabling act?

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‘Law for Terminating the Suffering of the People and the Nation’

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16
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What powers did the enabling act give?

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Gave the govt emergency powers for four years and enabled Hitler to rule by decree w/out the consent of the Rstag or the President
Powers to suspend Weimar guarantee of individual rights

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17
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What was the aims of gleihschaltung?

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To control all key aspects of society and control and co-ordinate every aspect of German life

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What happened on the 31 March 1933

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Nazis dissolved the lander (regional states) parliaments and replaced them with Nazi majorities

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7 April 1933

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Nazis created Gauleiters, which were Reich Governors w full powers to execute the will of the supreme leadership of the Reich (ie. Hitler)

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20
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What Law was intro Jan 1934

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‘Law for the Reconstruction fo the Reich’ which strengthened and centralised Nazi control by abolishing regional parliaments and the Reichsrat

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21
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What happened the 2nd May 1933

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Trade Unions banned and DAF ( German Labour Front) created

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22
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What law was introduced on the 14 July 1933

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‘Law against the Creation of New Parties’ created a one party state and abolished or wound up all other parties

23
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When did the Nazis dissolve the lander (regional parliaments) and replace them with Nazi majorities?

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31 March 1933

24
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When did Nazis create Gauleiters?

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7 April 1933

25
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When was the ‘LAw for the Reconstruction of the Reich’ which abolished lander and the reichsrat?

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January 1934

26
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When were Trade Unions banned and replaced with the DAF?

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2nd MAy 1933

27
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WHen was the ‘Law against the Creation of New Parties’ passed?

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14 July 1933

28
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When were the SPD banned?

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22 June 1934

29
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Who was put in concentration camps?

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1000s political prisoners and undesired people such as homosexuals, gypsies, Jew, the workshy and asocials.

30
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When was the first concentration camp, Dachau, established?

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March 1933

31
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According to a plebiscite, how many endorsed the one-party sate?

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90%

32
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What does the removal of political opposition “from below” mean?

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Via intimidation and violence by the SA

SA murdered about 500 people in 1933

33
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What dos the removal of political opposition “from above” mean?

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Nazis control of the state

34
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Violence especially was used by the Nazis in which cities?

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Berlin, Brunswick and Stettin

35
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What 3 orgs did Gleichschaltung have a limited impact on?

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Churches, the army and big businesses

36
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when did the Naxis win 92% of the vote?

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November 1933

37
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What did Bullock call the creation of the Nazi dictatorship?

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“a symbiosis of legality and terror”

38
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Why was hitler embarrassed about the crude exploits of the SA?

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He needed the support of Industrialists and the army

39
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Why was Ernst Rohm frustrated w Nazism?

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Frustrated at Hitler’s unwillingness for a second revolution and the likelihood of the SAnot getting a higher status in Nazism

40
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What did Rohm want?

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Greater social and economic reforms and the creation of a ‘People’s Army’ via a merging of the SA and the army

41
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Rohm became the figurehead of…..

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the anti-capitalist and left wing of Nazi party membership

42
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How was the army a threat to Hitler?

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Only org that could unseat Hitler from power and Hitler want support of army to strengthen his rule and implement foreign policies

43
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What deal did Hitler strike with General von Blomberg?

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Eliminate SA danger in return for the presidency?

44
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Who was General von Blomberg?

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The minister of Defence

45
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How many NoLK victims were there?

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90 incl 50 SA leaders

46
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When did President Hburg die

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2nd August 1934

47
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Hitler merged the chancellor ship and the President in what law?

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‘Law concerning the Head of State of the German Reich’

48
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What was the trigger for the NoLK

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Von Papen’s speech criticising the excesses of the SA

49
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When was the Night of the Long Knives?

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30 June 1934

50
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How was the NOLK carried out

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Carried out by SS but army provided transport and weapons

51
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When did the army pledge their oath of allegiance to Hitler?

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2o August

52
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When was the plebiscite approving the NoLK

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January 1935

53
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Within how long did Hitler remove threats and become Fuhrer?

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