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Legal Methods used for Hitler to create a Dictatorship

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Reichstag Fire - Feb 1933
Decree for Protection of People and state - Feb 1933
Election - March 1933
Enabling Act - March 1933

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What was the Reichstag Fire?

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Parliament building in Berlin was burnt down - communists blamed creating bigger division

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What was the Decree of Protection of People and State?

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Hitler was granted emergency powers.

Political and Civil liberties were suspended and many anti Nazis arrested

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What happened in the 1933 Elections?

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Hitler called the Elections. Votes increased to 43.9%

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What was the Enabling Act?

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2/3 of the Reichstag gave Hitler the power of the Enabling Act.
This gave Hitler all the power and ability to change and make laws
Government -> Dictatorship

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What was the Gleichschaltung?

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Nazification of Society ensuring co-operation with the regime

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What did the Nazis do to the Federal State?

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  • Parliaments dissolved then abolished

- Reich Governors created

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What did the Nazis do to the Political Parties?

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  • Communists banned after Reichstag Fire
  • SDP banned
  • Parties agreed to dissolve themselves
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What did the Nazis do to the Trade Unions?

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  • Union Premises were Occupied
  • Funds seized, leaders Conc. camps
  • Independent unions banned and replaced by DAF
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What was the Night of Long Knives (NOLK)?

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  • Ernst Rohm wanted to merge army and SA
  • Army refused due to SA’s indiscipline
  • Rohm and SA leaders executed in 1934
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Consequences of NOLK?

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  • Removed SA and won support of conservative right.
  • Army took a Oath of Loyalty to Hitler
  • SS emerged as independent organisation
  • Hitler secured dictatorship
  • Hindenburg died making Hitler Fuhrer
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Why was Hitler’s role limited?

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  • Rival Power of Gov., SS and Nazi Party
  • Hitler relied on subordinates to put wishes into practise
  • Hitler’s own personality meant he enjoyed long sleeps and absence from Berlin
  • Avoided Decision making and also he despised meetings and paperwork
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What was the role of the Nazi Party and the State

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-Totalitarian party

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2 things to help create a Volksgemeinschaft

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  • glorifying war and Aryan race

- spreading Nazism and Nazi values

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Nazi Ideology/Beliefs

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  • maintenance of racial purity
  • blaming Jews for problems
  • peoples community
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Examples of Propaganda

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  • Radio
  • Press
  • Drama and Music
  • Literature and Art
  • Film
  • Ritual
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Radio

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  • broadcasting under Nazi Control
  • 1939 70% had radios
  • constant Nazi messages
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Press

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  • closed down socialist and communist papers

- Editors Law 1933 - nazi views in papers

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Drama and Music

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  • uphold Nazi values

- theatres had to have licenses

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Films

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  • Reich film chamber was established

- Few political films

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Ritual

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-Used to unite society