Hitlers Rise To Power Flashcards
When was hitler chancellor, and when did he become fuhrer?
Janurary 1933- chanceller
August 1934- dictator/fuhrer
When was the reichstag fire
27th February 1933
When was the enabling act passed
24th March 1933
What was the enabling act
Allowed hitler to pass any laws without the input of the reichstag or president hindenburg
How did hitler react to the reichstag fire
Blamed the communists and started removing there freedom
What happened in July 1933
All other political parties are banned
What happened in June 1934
The night of the long knives
When was the night of the long knives
30 June 1934
What happens to make Hitler fuhrer
Hindeburg dies
What is anti semitism
Laws that excluded and discriminated against jews
What were the three possible oppositions to Hitler achieving total power
The SA
Conservative elite
The army
Why was the SA possible opposition
Rohm (the SA leader) was openly critical of Hitler after he didn’t do as rohm suggested by merging the Germany army and SA
Why was the conservative elite possible opposition
There were still non nazi members in the government at the start of 1934, there were rumours they were planning on challenging Hitler
How could the army be a potential opposition
If Hitler had allowed the merge, the army could’ve opposed Hitler as they were horrified at the idea of
What were the four consequences of the might of the long knives
Power of SA was reduced
The loyalty of the army was secured
Rise of ss and himler
A culture of fear created
How could Hitler justify the execution without trial of 85 people
Hitler claimed he was the supreme judge of German people , (the law) so all his actions were lawful
How did the SA’s power reducing help Hitler
They now weren’t power enough to overthrow him , went from 2.9 to 1.6
Who were the gestapo
Secret police , act on the info given from himlic
Who were the SS
Himler in charge, control beating and concentration camps, very public , people were scared
Who was the leader of the SD
Richard himlic , the SD were a network of spies
Who wore a skull and cross bones on there uniform
SS death heads
What are three examples of propaganda
Berlin olympics
Nuremberg rallies
Radio and newspaper
What was created in 1933 who’s leader was goeballs
The ministry of public enlightenment and propaganda
