Fall of Reichstag

Question 1

jan 30th

Answer 1

Hitler = chancellor

Question 2

Jan 31st 1933

Answer 2

speech - blame democracy

Question 3

feb 1st 1933 -

Answer 3

calls elections

Question 4

feb 20th 1933

Answer 4

promised 3 million reichsmarks by industrialists = endorsement

Question 5

Feb 27th 1933

Answer 5

reichstag fire - goering frames communists

Question 6

Feb 28th 1933:

Answer 6

→ decree for protection of people and state

Question 7

3 points on decree for protection people + state

Answer 7

→ ending of press freedom
→ ending of right of assembly
→ allowed imprisonment w/o trial - ‘protective custody’

Question 8

March 1933 Elections - hitler gains

Answer 8

288 seats in reichstag 43.9 % – not a majority

Question 9

March 1933 elections –> kid votes - BUT

Answer 9

• 4.8 million - but barred from reichstag

Question 10

HOWEVER - revolution from below

Answer 10

harder to control – joined for socialist side of party → want to see change that hitler won’t bring (e.g. trade unions) - hitler given

Question 11

-1870 -

Answer 11

franco Prussian war and German unification

-21 March 1871 = opening first reichstag

Question 12

how did hitler use German unification in 1871 for regime

Answer 12

→ hitler 21 march 1933
→ hitler , hindenburg + kaiser’s son
→ Malicious Practices Law - banned criticism of regime - rid germany oppressors + enemies
→ hitler symbolically aligned national socialism w/ old forces germany

Question 13

when was Prussian coup

Answer 13

July 1932

Question 14

symbolism of PRussian coup

Answer 14

papen begins taking power away from local regions

-prussia was dominant power in 1871 reunified germany