how did hitler become furher Reichstag fire and enabling act

Question 1

when did Hitler become chancellor

Answer 1

1933

Question 2

what did hitler need to do to make him in a position strong enough to allow him to make changes

how did he do this

Answer 2

he needed to gain enough seats

He convinced President Hindenburg to call a new Reichstag election for March 1933

Question 3

who started the fire

Answer 3

Marinus Van der Lubbe

Question 4

how did hitler use the fire to his advantage

Answer 4

he turned everyone against the communists and expelled them from the government by convincing everyone they started it

made more people vote for the nazis as his main competition was now seen as criminals

convinced hindenberg to issue article 48, which gave him free reign

Question 5

why do people believe Marinus was a communist

Answer 5

because in his pocket he had a card of the colour of the communists

Question 6

why do people believe it was MVL who started the fire

Answer 6

he was found at crime scene holding matches and lighter

Question 7

why is it believable that marinus would do it ?

Answer 7

• he was already known for trying to set things on fire ( had not succeeded previously)
• was mentally disturbed, people say he would do it for fame.

Question 8

why was the fire beneficial to the nazi’s

Answer 8

• the nazi’s seats in parliament were declining
• communist seats were increasing
  -by setting the fire people saw communists as evil, criminals and so then changed their votes to the nazis

Question 9

why is it believable that the communists would do it

Answer 9

they were afraid their time was running out, and nazis would eventually take power

Question 10

why do some people believe he acted alone

Answer 10

• he confessed straight away to setting the fire but said he had no connection to any other party.
• people only saw one man who was holding a torch and its known that marinus had that
• he was mentally ill and was already known for setting things on fire

Question 11

why do some people believe he acted with the communists

Answer 11

• a group of communists were there 20mins before the fire started
• the record of communist crimes was already very high so it wasn’t surprising they would commit a crime
• Goering raided the communist party base and said he found incriminating projects that implied a plan for a revolution/or fire, but documents were never published

Question 12

why do some people believe he acted with the nazis

Answer 12

-it was beneficial for nazis
- he was in possession of a red membership card (red was for nazis)
- the communists were gaining seats and nazis weren’t so it would be a good way to make people hate the communists

Question 13

when was the reichstag fire

Answer 13

1933

Question 14

why did Hitler want to make sure everyone believed it was the communists

Answer 14

because as he had persuaded hindenberg to pass article 48, he could imprison the communist leaders ( stopping them from campaigning in the next elections) while still earning support and seats as people viewed them as criminals

Question 15

what do some people think regarding Goering and Goebbels about the fire and why

Answer 15

the goebbels planned it because he was quick to arrive to the scene and that Goering supervised it as he was the first person to arrive to the scene

Question 16

how did the SA have an impact on ensuring that the nazis got the majority of the votes

Answer 16

they were sent to intimidate and threaten other parties

Question 17

did hitler get the majority in the 1933 elections and what did he do about it

Answer 17

no so he made the communist party illegal so that he had enough support to pass the enabling act

Question 18

what threats to hitlers power remained after the fire

Answer 18

hindenberg was still alive

some people still blamed nazis

Question 19

LIMITATIONS to Hitlers power after Reichtag fire (5)

Answer 19

• SA was a problem and becoming unpredictable
• didn’t have majority of votes
• Hindenbreg was still alive
• opposing parties
• needed article 48 to be passed

Question 20

why didn’t people like the SA

Answer 20

they were a bunch of violent street thugs which fought all the time

Question 21

what does hitler do in response to the SA bring unpopular

Answer 21

made army swear allegiance to himself and disbanded the SA

Question 22

what was the enabling act

Answer 22

The act gave the government the power to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag or the President that could also alter the constitution

Question 23

why was the enabling act so beneficial

Answer 23

It gave Hitler absolute power to make laws, which enabled him to destroy all opposition to his rule. This removed the Reichstag as a source of opposition.

Question 24

what was the Reichstag Fire Decree

Answer 24

a decree to suspend constitutional guarantees

Question 25

what did the reichstag fire decree not allow people to do (4)

Answer 25

Freedom of speech.
Freedom of the press.
Freedom of assembly.
Privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephone communications

Question 26

what did the reichstag fire decree allow the police to do (2)

Answer 26

• it allowed the police to arrest and detain people without trial or due process.
• Political opponents, especially Communists and Socialists, were targeted.

Question 27

how did hitler achieve to get the enabling act passed

Answer 27

The suppression of political opponents,
Intimidation tactics,
Manipulation of other parties.

Question 28

what was the enabling act

Answer 28

a law that said that hitler could pass any laws he wanted without the Reichsatg opposing him or saying no.