Topic 4: Consolidation Of Power Flashcards
What date was the Reichstag fire?
27th February 1933
What was the name of the Dutch communist ,arrested, who was accused of starting the Reichstag fire?
Marinus van der Lubbe
What was the ‘Decree for the Protection of People and State’?
Suspend basic civil rights and allowed the Nazis to imprison large numbers of their political opponents.
All communist and socialist newspapers were banned.
What was the outcome of the March 1933 election?
Nazi Party won 288 seats but this wasn’t a majority, so a coalition government formed with the National Party.
When was the Enabling Act passed?
23rd March 1933
What was the Enabling Act?
Gave Hitler and his government full power for four years.
Involved censorship and control of the press.
Abolished trade unions and disbanded all other political parties.
What was the policy Gleichshaltung?
A National Socialist state that controlled and monitored every aspect of German life.
What was The Labour Front (DAF)?
Replaced trade unions.
Wages were decided by the DAF.
Work books recorded people’s employment history.
Some union leaders were sent straight to concentration camps.
What was the first concentration camp called and when was it opened?
Dachau, March 1933
What law, passed on the 14th July 1933, made the Nazis the sole party in Germany?
The Law Against the Formation of Parties.
What percentage of the vote did the Nazis win in the November 1933 general election?
95.2%
