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Flashcards by Malachy Moran-Tun, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Malachy Moran-Tun
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| Question | Answer |
| When did Hitler become chancellor? | 30th January 1933 |
| What actions did Hitler first take after him becoming chancellor (up to 20th Feb)? | > Called for new Reichstag elections in March within 24 hours of his appointment > 31st Jan - "Appeal to the German People": blamed the poor economic conditions on democracy and Communists > 4th Feb - Hitler got Hindenburg to pass a decree where all election meetings had to be notified to the police 48 hours in advance (this would allow the SA to rid political rivals) >20th Feb - Hitler met with 20 leading industrialists, promised 3 million Reichsmarks |
| What police powers did Goering put in place after Hitler's appointment as chancellor? | > State of Prussia - Goering controlled the police > 17th Feb - Goering told police for that SA and Nationalist meetings were NOT to be restricted, Communist meetings were to be dealt with as severely as possible > 22nd Feb - Goering appointed members of the SA as police officers with the same free reign as the official force |
| When was the Reichstag Fire and who was blamed? | > 27th February 1933, the Reichstag building was set on fire > Dutch Communist Marinus Van Der Lubbe was found and immediately arrested > Hitler claimed the Communists were plotting against his government > 1934 - Van Der Lubbe convicted of treason and executed |
| What was Hindenburg's response to the Reichstag Fire? | > Some articles of the Constitution are suspended until further notice > Permissible to restrict personal freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom to organise and assemble > No privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephone communications > Warrants for house searches and confiscations |
| What were the concequences of Hindenburg's response to the Reichstag Fire? | > Police power increases - able to search houses, confiscate property and detain people indefinitely > Death penalty for a wide range of crimes > Police could ban meetings, close newspapers, round up opponents to be sent to concentration camps and detention centres > While supposedly an emergency degree, it stayed in place for 12 years as the basis of Nazi rule |
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