Establishing Nazi Rule Quiz

Question 1

Who was in Hitler’s first cabinet?

Answer 1

• Hitler as Chancellor
• von Papen as vice Chancellor
• Hermann Goring as Minister without Portfolio

Question 2

What was it like with Hitler being Chancellor?

Answer 2

• 3/12 ministers were Nazis
• Papen had right to be present at President-Chancellor meetings
• Real decisions made by non-Nazi party: belonged to ‘Old Elite’
• Common view that Hitler wouldn’t be able to dominate
• Hitler’s aim was to be dictator

Question 3

What happened on January 30th 1933?

Answer 3

• 100 000 Nazi members marched through the streets of Berlin
• Organised by Joseph Goebbels
• To show Hitler’s appointment was not normal change of government
• Demonstration of Hitler’s personal triumph and victory of Nazi movement
• Historic break of past and start of ‘National Revolution’

Question 4

What were the concentration camps like?

Answer 4

• Old factories or barracks
• Communists, socialists, trade unionists rounded up
• ‘Protective custody’
• 8th March: Dachau could house 5000 people, become model for later concentration camps

Question 5

What was the Reichstag Fire?

Answer 5

• February 27th 1933
• Nazis claimed it was communist plot
• Terror was now legal to crush opposition

Question 6

What was the Reichstag Fire Decree?

Answer 6

• Passed on February 28th 1933
• Censorship was legal
• Police had increased arresting powers
• Civil and political rights suspended
• Hitler had ‘emergency powers’

Question 7

What happened in the 1933 election?

Answer 7

• Support still continued for left and Centre
• No majority for Nazis
• Nazi vote increased
• DNVP allied with Nazis

Question 8

What was the Enabling Act?

Answer 8

• Hitler could make laws without Reichstag or President
• Would last for 4 years
• DNVP willing to participate
• SPD voted against
• Communists unable to take seats
• Passed on 23rd March 1933