Hitler's Rise to Power and Foreign Policy Flashcards
When did a Dutch Communist burn down the Reichstag?
27th February 1933
How many seats did the Nazis win in the general election?
288 seats
What was the Enabling Act?
Hitler is given the right to make his own laws
How was the German local government changed in April 1933?
Divided into 42 areas, each run by a Nazi
When were trade unions abolished in Germany?
2nd May 1933
What did Hitler do in July 1933?
Banned political parties other than the Nazis
Agreed with the Pope to leave the Catholic Church alone
What change did Hitler make to the German courts?
He made Nazi people’s courts where judges had to swear an oath of loyalty to the Nazis
When did Hitler become Führer?
19th August 1934
What did being Führer mean for Hitler?
He was president, chancellor, and head of German army
What was Lebensraum?
Living space - Germany had the right to conquer Slavic land since the Slavs were sub-human
How did Hitler feel about communism?
He hated it and felt the USSR must be destroyed
What was the Reich?
Hitler’s proposed empire of German speakers from different countries
What did Hitler believe about race?
Germans were the master Aryan race and Jews were conspiring against them
How did Hitler want to overturn the ToV?
Reclaim land and rearm
What were the five main sections to Hitler’s foreign policy?
Lebensraum
The Reich
Communism
Versailles
Race
