Establishing a dictatorship 1933-34
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- Establishing a dictatorship 1933-34
- The Enabling Act
- 24 March - Reichstag passed the law for Removal of the Distress of the People and Reich
- Hitler could pass laws without the Reichstag. It was renewed in 1937 - then his dictatorship was established so it was not renewed
- Tore up the Weimar Constitution
- Hitler used his power to get rid of parties in the Reichstag, until 14 July 1933 - a law was passed banning all remaining parties
- One party state
- When Hindenburg died, Hitler combined the roles of chancellor and president into fuhrer
- Held a plebiscite to make his action look acceptable abroad
- Night of the Long Knives
- Hitler wanted to get rid of prominent Nazis
- Rohm and the SA helped Hitler into power but they were seen as thugs so were bad for the Nazi image
- Hitler had the ** and Gestapo to do his bidding so he no longer needed the SA
- Feared Rohm may try and sieze power
- 30 June 1934 - Rohm and other senior SA officiers were arrested and shot the next day
- Over the next few days several hundred people were murdered by the **
- Many SA members were killed
- General von Schleicher [ex-chancellor] and his wife was killed
- SA continued working but in a reduced form
- Many were glad Hitler tamed the SA as their brutal tactics were widely hated.
- The Enabling Act
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