Nazi Achieve Total Power Flashcards
What happens to the SA
It haven a threat to hitler as members were too loyal to their leader earnest rohm
How did hitler illegally take full controls of the National and local government
When hindeburg died in 1934
Hitler combined chancellor and president and made himself commander in chief of the army
> this was the beginning of a dictatorship
How did hitler reorganise Germany
It wa spit into a number of provinces and each province had a Gauleiter which was in charge of each province
Who was goebbels and himmler
Goebbels = In change of propaganda Himmler = chief of German police
What and when was the night of the long knives
Hitler removed all his enemies in 1 night 29th June 1934
Who were killed
Rohm
The SA
Several hundered others were killed/imprisoned
What did hitler claim about his doings of that night
Those who were killed were plotting to otherthrow the government so their murders were legal
What did the night of the long knives mean for hitler
He had no opposition and sent a powerful brutal message about himself
He was now free to act above the law