Germany 4: Nazi Germany

Question 1

Reichstag Fire

Answer 1

• 27th February 1933
• Marianus Van der Lubbe charged
• 4,000 communists arrested
• Communists lost 19 seats

Question 2

March 1933 Election

Answer 2

• Recruited 50,000 SA members
• Violence led to 70 deaths
• Threats at polling stations to encourage correct voting

Question 3

Enabling Act

Answer 3

• Passed 444 votes to 94
• Applied for 4 years but renewed in 1937
• Hitler could pass laws without the Reichstag
• Reichstag only met 12 more times till 1945

Question 4

Threat of Rohm

Answer 4

• SA had 2 million members
• Rohm had more socialist views
• SA wanted to replace the army

Question 5

Night of the long knives

Answer 5

• 29th June 1934 SS killed SA leaders
• 90 SA leaders killed
• SS became more powerful, SA less powerful

Question 6

Hitler as Fuhrer

Answer 6

• Hindenbrug died, Hitler combined Chancellor and President
• 2nd August 1934 Army swore oath specifically to Hitler
• Named himself Fuhrer, supreme leader