Political Impacts Flashcards
Give all 5 of the political impacts
1) Reichstag fire(Feb 1933)
2) Enabling act(Mar 1933)
3) One party rule(July 1933)
4) night of long knives(June 1934)
5) Creation of Fuehrer position(aug 1934)
What happened in the Reichstag fire?
Happened on feb 1933. Dutchman Marinus van der Lubbe arrested(accused of being part of a communist conspiracy)
Same reason used to arrest several communist leaders
Charged with arson and attempting to overthrow the gov
Hitler convinced president Hindenburg to invoke article 48
What is article 48?
Article 48 is only able to be invoked by the Reich president
Simply put it took away civil liberties such as freedom of press and freedom to assemble in public and enact law without the consent of the Reichstag
What is the enabling act?
The enabling act was passed on 23 March 1933
50%+ of votes casted to Nazis in the March 1933 elections
Gain huge amount of power with this act
The act of being able to pass laws without president’s approval
On voting day, SA and SS surrounded the building and only Only Nazis were allowed in
Act passed + communist and social Democrat parties banned from future elections
What is the one party rule
On 14 July 1933 Hitler passed a law making Nazi party the only legal political party in Germany
Hitler was a legal dictator now, nothing even prez Hindenburg could do
Nazi officials took charge of local gov in the individual states of ger
Trade unions dissolved
SA and SS dealt brutally with ppl
Most of Nazis opponents have either been sent to concentration camps or fled ger
What happened on the night of long knives?
What happened when the position of Feuhrer was created?
The 2 big header of Hitler’s political impact basically the aim
1) consolidation of power of Hitler and the Nazis
2) Achieved total control of Germany as a whole
