The creation of a Dictatorship Flashcards
Why was Hilter’s power limited in January 1933?
- Weimar Constitution controlled what the Chancellor could do
- Hitler’s cabinet only had 2 NSDAP members
- NSDAP members were only 1/3 of the Reichstag
Who was guilty of the Reichstag Fire?
Marinus van der Lubbe
What party was Marins van Der Lobby part of?
communist
What happened to van Der Lubbe?
execution
How many communists were arrested on the night go the Reichstag Fire?
4,000
What did Hitler do before the election of March 1933?
- issued the Decree of Protection of the People and the State- gave him power to imprison political opponents and ban communist newspapers
- persuades industrialists to bankroll the Nazi campaign
What did Hitler use his emergency powers for?
banning the communist party
What was the Enabling Act?
destroy the power of the Reichstag
What did the Enabling Act state?
- Reich cabinet could pass new laws
- laws could overrule the constitution of the Weimar Republic
- laws would be proposed by the Chancellor
What was the significance of the Enabling Act?
marked the end of the Weimar Constitution
What did Hitler do to remove trade unions?
- broke into trade union offices and arrested trade union official
- used his new powers to ban trade unions
What did Hitler do to remove his political opposition?
Nazi stormtroopers entered the offices of the SPD and KPD and destroyed their newspapers and confiscated all their funds
- issued a decree to make all political parties illegal
How did Hitler remove the local government?
abolished the Lander parliaments
Why was Ernst Rohm seen as a threat to Hitler?
leader of 3 million SA members
60% were unemployed and were loyal to Rohm
opposed Hitler’s nationalist views, wanted more socialist policies
What did German army officer believe about Rohm?
believed Rohm wanted to replace the German army with the SA
