year 10 eoy key topic 3: nazi control and dictatorship 1933-1939 Flashcards
when were the police forces ordered to cooperate with SS and SA?
17th february 1933
when did the reichstag fire happen?
27th february 1933
how many communists and other nazi opponents were arrested on the night of the reichstag fire?
4000
when was the emergency decree issued and what was it?
28th february 1933. it was issued by hindenburg at hitlers request. it allowed police to arrest suspects and hold them without trial and hitler to take other regional govs
what day was the reichstag elections, what did the gov do, and what % did nazis win?
5th march 1933, the gov used control of radio and police to intimidate opponents, and they had the slogan ‘the battle against marxism’. the nazis won 52%
when was the entire media controlled?
13th march 1933
when was the enabling act passed and what was it?
23rd march 1933, it allowed hitler to pass decrees without the president’s involvement; made hitler a legal dictator
when was the civil service and education purged?
7th of april 1933, jewish people and other nazi opponents were removed
when were trade unions banned?
2nd may 1933
when was the law that made germany a one party state (no formation of new parties) passed?
14th July 1933
when were all state govs taken over?
january 1934
when was the night of long knives?
29/30th june 1934
when did hindenburg die?
2nd august 1934
who was blamed for the reichstag fire?
marinus van der lubbe (a young dutchman and commie)
how many deaths did the reichstag elections cause?
70
what did the enabling act trigger?
the end of the weimar republic, a 6 month period of change, known as the nazi revolution
how many men were executed on charges of treason after the night of the long knives?
77
what happened to ernst rohm after the night of long knives?
he was shot
who led the ss?
heinrich himmler
when was a public vote held to see wether hitler would become fuhrer?
19th august, 90% voted in favour
what is a police state?
when a gov uses the police to control everyone’s life
who did the nazis use to control the germans?
the SS, SD, and gestapo
when was the SS set up?
1925
what kind of uniforms did the SS wear?
black uniforms
what did the SS control?
all germany’s police and security forces
could the SS act outside the law?
yes
what kind of wives did the members of the SS have to marry?
racially pure wives