Nazi Politics Flashcards
1
Q
Reichstag Fire
- Law name
- Date
- Total communists arrested
A
Reichstag Fire
- Law for the protection of the people and the state
- Feb 1933
- 4000
2
Q
Enabling Act
- Date
- Power and length of time
- Majority required, and how many votes NSDAP got
- How they got 2/3 majority
- Constitution
A
Enabling Act
- Mar 1933
- Gave 4 years of absolute power to bypass reichstag
- Needed 2/3 majority, had 44% after elections
- Passed by repressing KPD and compromising with ZP
- Suspended the constitution
3
Q
Night of the Long Knives
- Army
- Removed threats
- Dominating party wings
A
Night of the Long Knives
- Army now willing to give oath of allegiance
- Removed threat of Rohm, the SA
- Removed socialist wing threat
4
Q
Consolidation of Power (Legal)
- Enabling Act (Mar 33)
- Law for the reconstruction of the state (Jan 34)
- Reichstag fire decrees (Feb 33)
- Employment law (Jun 33)
- Law against the formation of new parties (Jul 33)
- Law for the restoration of the professional civil service (Apr 33)
A
Consolidation of Power (Legal)
- Gave 4 years of absolute power to bypass reichstag
- Removal of state govts, replaced by Reich governors
- Suspended civil rights, suppressed civil rights and KPD
- Public works
- Ensured one party state
- Purged service of 5% alien elements
5
Q
Consolidation of Power (Force)
- Shops
- Unions
- Reichstag fire
- Night of the long knives
A
Consolidation of Power (Force)
- Boycott of Jewish shops (Apr 33)
- Seizure of assets and closure of union offices (May 33), replaced by DAF
- Exploitation of fire to attack communists
- Killed SA leaders and other political opposition
6
Q
Consolidation of Power (Compromise)
- National holiday
- Employment law
- Hitler appointed chancellor
A
Consolidation of Power (Compromise)
- May Day appeased unions, were seized next day
- Attempted to reduce unemployment
- Cabinet was still majority non-Nazi
7
Q
Constitutional Changes/Continuity
- Chancellor and President power
- States
- Elections
A
Constitutional Changes/Continuity
- Chancellor and President were merged, above law
- Gauleiters became centrally appointed, but system remained
- Elections became less frequent
8
Q
Political Changes/Continuity
- Control
- Democracy
A
Political Changes/Continuity
- Greater control and authoritarianism over institutions, still fairly independent, limits placed on left wing
- Votes, representatives and Reichstag became meaningless, but still existed
9
Q
1935-‘39 order
- Job definitions
- Chancellories for Hitler’s diary
- Infighting
A
1935-‘39 order
- Job definitions
- 5 separate chancellories for Hitler’s diary
- People were given the same job, too busy fighting each other to oppose Hitler
10
Q
Government during the war
- Gauleiters
- Lawlessness
- Anarchy
A
Government during the war
- Gauleiters grew in power, conflicted with central authorities
- Lawlessness, radicalisation, wartime justified decisions
- Anarchy due to competition and Hitlers unwillingness to delegate
11
Q
Government during the war
- Army
- SS
- Factions
A
Government during the war
- Army was purged after army bomb plot
- SS rivalled army, controlled Eastern Europe and carried out final solution
- Himmler, Goering and Bormann rivalry
