Steps to Power

Steps to Power

1. 1.January 1933

   • Adolf Hitler was made Chancellor by Von Papen and Hindenburg
   • supreme dictator of Germany by summer 1934

2. 2. Reichstag Fire

   • 27th February 1933 - Reichstag building burnt down. Hitler blamed communists and declared that fire was the beginning of communist uprising

3. 3. 1933 election

   • March 1933 - Once he was chancellor, Hitler took steps to complete a Nazi takeover for Germany. So he called another election for March 1933 to try and get an overall Nazi majority in the Reichstag.

4. 4. Enabling Act

   • 24 March 1933 - Hitler passed the Enabling Act - allowing him to make laws without consulting the Reichstag by using the SA and SS, he intimidated the Reichstag

5. 5. Night of the Long Knives

   • 29-30 June - on the weekend of 29-30 June squads of SS men broke into the homes of Rohm and other leading figures in the SA and arrested them

6. 6. Fuhrer Oath

   • 2 August 1934 - entire army swore oath of personal loyalty to Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer of Germany