The Removal Of Opposition Flashcards
What was Hitler now able to with the enabling act ?
What is this called and why is it important
Bring socialism in line with Nazi philosophy
This is called Gleichschaltung
It would create a truly nationalist state and every aspect of social, political and economic life of Germans was controlled and monitored by Nazis
When were trade unions banned ?
2 May 1933
How did the Nazis justify the banning of trade unions ?
Claimed the national community had been created and therefore no such organizations were needed
What was set up to replace trade unions ?
German Labour front (DAF) was set up to replace not only trade unions but employers groups
What did the DAF do ?
- Decided on wages by DAF
- Workers received workbooks which recorded the record of employment
- employment depended on the ownership of a workbook
What else was outlawed with the banning of trade unions ?
Strikes and any dissenters would be sent to the new prisons for political re education ( concentration camp)
First camp opened in March 1933
When was the law passed against the formation of Parties ?
- 14 July 1933 Law against the Formation of Parties was passed
- made the Nazi party the sole legal political party in Germany
What happened before the passing of the law against the formation of new parties ?
Existing parties had experienced severe restrictions
- communist party members not allowed to take their seat in Reichstag and property was confiscated
What happened on the 10 May 1933 (example of property confiscation- a limitation placed on previously existing parties)
Socialist party had its headquarters and other property seized
By June all socialists had given up their seats in the Reichstag and by the end of June all parties had been dissolved
What did the dissolving of other political parties mean ?
Germany was now a one party state
What happened in the November 1933 election ?
( this is the first election since 5 March 1933 and shows the effects of dissolving other parties)
95.2 per cent of the electorate voted and the Nazis won
39,638,000 votes
Note- 3 million ballot papers were destroyed in protest to the one party state.
What else did Hitler brake down?
The federal structure
- there were eighteen Länded and each had its own parliament
- occasionally this had caused problems for the President as their political decision differed and rarely they had refused to accept decision made by the Reichstag
What President is a good example of Länders( districts) being difficult ?
President Ebert had issued more than 130 emergency decrees to overrule some of the länder
What did Hitler decide to do with the Lander ?
They where to be run by Reich governors and their parliaments were abolishment in January 1934
Therefore centralizing Germany for the first time since 1871
What three things did Hitler do to remove opposition in 1933?
End of trade unions
Banning of political parties
Abolition of the länder
