Germany 1890-1945 (4)
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- Created on: 23-10-19 19:18
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- Germany 1890-1945 (4)
- Hitler consolidating his power
- Limited power - only 3 Nazis out of the cabinet of 11
- Only 32% of seats so needed a majority to pass laws
- Reichstag Fire - Feb 1933
- Blamed on a communist to reduce KPD support
- Reichstag Fire Decree stopped civil liberties so they arrested 4000 communists and up to 10k political opponents
- Enabling Act - March 1933
- Needed 2/3 of the votes to pass it but only achieved 45%
- Persuaded Reichstag to pass the Act anyway
- Allowed him to pass laws without input from Reichstag for 4 years - used to ban other parties/trade unions/local governments
- Needed 2/3 of the votes to pass it but only achieved 45%
- The Night of the Long Knives - June 1934
- As Röhm and Hitler disagreed about the Nazi party
- Hitler used the ** to kill 1k opponents inc. Röhm to remove rivals
- When Hindenburg died in Aug 1934, Hitler became Fuhrer and made army swear oath of loyalty
- Limited power - only 3 Nazis out of the cabinet of 11
- Nazi terror
- Gestapo
- A network of informers so it relied on fear - there were not many Gestapo but they could be anyone
- Police and court were Nazis so they targeted non-Nazis and overlooked Nazi crime
- ** (run by Himmler) ran concentration camps for those who were disloyal
- ** killed 500k Germans
- Formed Einsatz-gruppen during WWII (squads of soldiers who shot over 1mil Jews)
- Formed Death Head Units to run extermination camps in WWII
- Terror was a key reason for Nazi dominance as opponents risked a lot
- Any opponent must be in small, secret groups
- Gestapo
- The Nazis and Youth
- Prepare boys and girls for their future roles as soldiers or mothers
- This showed in the subjects they studied in school
- All children studied eugenics to learn about Jews and the Aryan race
- In other subjects, Nazi views were promoted and Jews were humiliated
- Hitler Youth
- Membership made compulsory in 1936 - 9mil members by 1939
- Camps and boxing, helped defend Berlin in WWII
- 1 in 10 refused to join
- Prepare boys and girls for their future roles as soldiers or mothers
- Hitler consolidating his power
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