Hitler's consolidation of power

Question 1

When was the Reichstag fire?

Answer 1

27th February 1933

Question 2

What happened as a result of the fire?

Answer 2

Communists were blamed

Question 3

What decree was issued in February 1933?

Answer 3

Decree for the protection of the People and state

Question 4

What happened to Hitler as a result of the fire?

Answer 4

Granted emergency powers - anti-Nazis arrested

Question 5

When was the election?

Answer 5

5th March 1933

Question 6

How much of the vote did the Nazis get?

Answer 6

43.9%

Question 7

What was the Enabling act?

Answer 7

Legal transfer of power, all power to Hitler for dictatorship

Question 8

When was the enabling act voted for?

Answer 8

March 1933

Question 9

What happened in July 1933?

Answer 9

The Nazi party became the only legal party

Question 10

What was ‘Gleichschaltung’?

Answer 10

‘Nazification’ of society - enforced cooperation to the Nazi regime

Question 11

What happened to Federal states?

Answer 11

• Regional parliaments dissolved and abolished
• Reich governors created and subordinated to central government

Question 12

What happened to Political parties?

Answer 12

• Communists banned
• SDP banned/assets seized
• Most agreed to dissolve themselves

Question 13

What happened to trade unions?

Answer 13

• Premises occupied, funds seized and leaders imprisoned
• Banned and replaced by German Labour Front (DAF)

Question 14

How successful was Gleichschaltung?

Answer 14

YES - gained control in areas
NO - didn’t control army, church or multinational companies, partial control over education and civil service

Question 15

When was the Night of the Long Knives?

Answer 15

June 1934

Question 16

What was the reason for NoLK?

Answer 16

Opposition within the party - SA and Ernst Rohm; Hitler wanted to kill Rohm

Question 17

What did Rohm want?

Answer 17

To merge the army and the SA

Question 18

What were the consequences of NoLK?

Answer 18

• Removed the SA - army took oath to Hitler
• SS emerged
• Hitler secured his dictatorship

Question 19

When did Hindenburg die?

Answer 19

August 1934

Question 20

Where were Communist leaders sent to when the KPD was banned?

Answer 20

Dachau