the march 5th elections 1933 Flashcards
what percentage of the population turned out to vote on the 5th of march?
89%
how many seat did the communists lose on march 5th?
19 seats
Hitler claimed the march 5th elections were a success even though the Nazis did not gain a majority what reaction did this cause?
Grass-root members of the Nazis seized local administrative posts, looting Jewish department stores and attacking members of the opposition.
How did Hitler excuse the Nazi members response to the March 5th election?
he claimed that the local authorities were clearly incapable of maintaining law and order, replacing legal governments with Nazi Reich Commissioners.
How did the fire decrees help Hitler take action against his opponents before the March 5th elections?
on the 4th of March Hitler gave a speech in Konigsberg were political opponents were rounded up, there headquarters ransacked, their meetings disrupted, and mass arrests with accounts of ‘red blood baths’
