Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The removal of Opposition
1933-34
- From Jan. 1933 Hitler was Chancellor
- His power was limited
- Weimar constitution controlled chancellor's powers
- Hindenburg retained all the powers of President
- Hitler's cabinet of 11 had only two Nazi Party members
- Only a third of the Reichstag were Nazi Party members
- Reichstag Fire
- 27 February 1933
- Van Der Lubbe
- Dutch communist
- Confessed and was executed
- Hitler blames Communists
- Enacted state of emergency
- Hitler legally uses decree to govern Germany
- Enabling Act
- 23rd March 1933
- Allowed Hitler to create laws for 4 years
without Reichstag consent
- Intimidated voters
- Germany became Totalitarian
- Banning Trade Unions
- Weakens Communist Workers
- NSDAP becomes the only Political Party
- Hitler ran every Region