Establishment Of Nazi Dictatorship Jan - March 1933 Flashcards
Who was hitler appointed chancellor by
President Hindenburg
When did hitler dissolve the reichstag and call new election
1st February
What is a government cabinet
A body of high ranking officials insisting of the top leaders
What two ways did the Nazis use terror
Nazi violence against political opponents
The reichstag fire
What was the growth of the SA membership
January 1933
500,000
1934
3 million
A result of the Nazis being in power to do with the SA
The SA gained legal authority
What was the Nazi ‘legal revolution’ and the ‘revolution from below’
SA unleashed a reign of terror against socialist and communist opponents
What did the SA do against political opponents
Broke up SPD AND KPD meetings
5th Feb the SPD mayor of a small town shot dead
Later that month and communist killed
These crimes were ignored and when the SPD newspaper condemned the killings the paper was banned
Centre party newspapers also banned
When was the first concentration camp
8th March in Dachau with 5000 people
Who were first sent to the concentration camps
Communists
Socialists
Trade unionists
When was the reichstag fire
27th February 1933
Who was arrested and charged with causing the fire
A young dutsch communist
But suspicions ever since that the Nazis deliberately set up the communist to set fire to the reichstag
Two ways hitler used legal power
The decree for the protection of the people and the state
March 1933 election
What did the decree for protection of the people include
Police gained increased power to enter and search premises
Increased power to arrest and detain without charges
These were used to arrest communists and socialists. To ban their newspapers and disrupt their meetings
How many communists did the police arrest in 2 weeks
10,000
