The establishment of the Nazi dictatorship Flashcards
Who was in Hitlers first cabinet?
= Minister for the Interior Wilhelm Frick and Goering who was minister of the Interior of Prussia
How many SA in Jan 1933?
500,000
How many SA in Jan 1934?
3 million
(merged with Stalhelm and gained legal authority as auxiliary police force)
How did the Nazis use terror?
=unleashed violence on the SPD and KPD
communists, socialists, trade unionists were rounded up and placed in “protective custody”
When was the first concentration camp opened?
8 th March
Dachau
By July 1933 how many camps were established and how many political prisoners were being held?
70 camps
holding around 26,789 political prisoners
When was the Reichstag fire?
27th Feb 1933
allegedly by a Dutch Communist Martin Van Der Lubbe
Why was the Reichstag Fire significant?
=played into the middle class fear of communism
Hindenburg persuaded to issue
“DECREE FOR THE PROTECTIONF OF THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE”
=arrest and detain without charge if threat to state security
=freedom of speech and assembly suspended
=KPD banned
with 10,000 communists arrested with 2 weeks
SA used to intimidate opponents and Nazis had control over state radio
What was the outcome of the March election?
44% NSDAP
8% DNVP
so had majority but still needed 2/3 to change the constitution
What was the name for the enabling act?
Law to alleviate the suffering of the people and the country
When was the enabling act passed?
March 24th 1933
How did the enabling act pass?
444 to 94 majority
Summary of the state of Germany in March 1933
Hitlers process of Gleichschaltung underway within 2 months
KPD banned and press silenced
Police under Nazi control and SA violence legitimised
