Laws- methods of control

Question 1

what did many Nazi laws possess?

Answer 1

euphemistic language

Question 2

define euphemistic language

Answer 2

using agreeable language to replace a statement which many suggest something unpleasant

Question 3

What did the Reichstag Fire Decree enact?

Answer 3

it suspended all civil rights, imprisonment without trial- it gave the Nazis enormous power to eliminate political opponents (legalised use of terror to consolidate power)

Question 4

What was the name of the decree which targeted criticisms of Hitler, Nazis or the state? (hint: establishment of the People’s Courts)

Answer 4

Decree for the Defence Against Malicious Attacks Against the Government (1933)

Question 5

What did the Law Against the Establishment of Parties do?

Answer 5

it was a retrospective law where the previous banning of all other political parties was legalised (this law ended formal constitutional opposition to the Nazi regime)

Question 6

Law Regarding Measures of State Self-Defence?

Answer 6

1934, legalised the actions which occured on the Night of the Long Knives retrospectively

Question 7

Reich Labour Law?

Answer 7

1935, made labour service compulsory