A new reich 1933-35 Flashcards
(13 cards)
When did Hitler become chncellor
Hitler leader of the Nazi party became chancellor on 30 January 1933
What were the 4 stpes Hitler took to achive a Totalirian Dictatorship ?
1.Violence (usage of SA)
2.Propoganda (Histler passed law forbidding newspapers to speak against the new reich government)
3.Gleichschaltung(Removing of political opponents)
4.Psuedo-legality
What was the enabling act
Allow the Nazis power to alter the Weimar constitution and give the Chancellor ,Adolf Hitler, the power to legislate and enact his own laws
What was Kopenick Blood week
Between 21 and 26 June 1933. 500 SPD members were tortured by the SA,SS and Gestapo, and at least 23 people died. On 22 June the SPD was dissolved as a party after its key members fled to Prauge.
What led to the center party disolving themselves on 5 July 1933
centre party was weakened by negotiations between Hitler and the Pope. Nazis promised to respect Catholic institutions in Germany if they refrained from political activities (officially signed 20 July 1933)
Whhat was the Night of the Long Knives - 30 June 1934
The SS moved against any powerful opponents to teh regime, arresting Rohm and other SA leaders and having them executed. Previous chancellor Schleicher was executed and Von Papen himself was arrested and kept prisoner. In total around 200 key SA leaders were executed, as well as around 100 other political opponents
Whta happened when Hindenburg passed away on 2nd August 1934
Hitler was able to take the role of chancellor and president, under a new titile, Furher. On 20 August the army showed its appreciation by implementing a new oath whereby all soldiers would swear absolute loyalty to Adolf Hitler.
What is Cumulative radicalisation
competition between departments meant government departments would enact legislation that was more and more extreme. For example Nazi policy, towards the jews got progressively more radical, despite Hitler never making any firm leggislative decisions on how the jews should be treated. Nazis desperately competed to ‘fufill the will of the furher’
In 1933 the cabinet met 72 times, what did this decrase to in 1934 and why ?
In 1935 the cabinet only met 12 times, the cabinet were not allowed to vote on legislation through the enabling act.
what is meant by Volksgemeinschaft and what was the aims
‘peoples community’ that would united fractured aspects of German society into one united communal body. Connectionbetween Germans was brought about by shared loyalty to the nation and to Hitler.
How did Nazi propoganda depict jews in 1933-35
Depicted Jews as parasites, intent on feeding off German society and destroying it from within. A danger to the volksgemeinschaft, its very presence having the potential to weaken the German race. The Nazi belief that races could become tainted by interbreading, with ‘inferior races’
What was the boycott of Jewish shops and why did it happen ?
Hitler was concerned about uncontrolled violence against Jews, with chaotic violence unpopular with the majority of German public. Hitler agreed to a sysytematic one day boycott of Jewish shops. On 1 April 1933 SA members were placed outside Jewish businessess and encouraged Germans to shop elsewhere.
What were the Nuremberg laws of 1935
Laws made it illegal for jews to be married or have sexual relationships and barred Jews from employing German Women as domestic servants. Jews could not display the German flag, Jews were no longer German citizens. You were classed Jewish if you had 3 Jewish grandparents or 2 Jewish grandparents and were a practising jew, or had a Jewish husband or wife.
