How legal was Hitler's creation of a dictatorship?
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- Created on: 04-05-18 20:29
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- How legal was Hitler's creation of a dictatorship?
- 27 Feb - Reichstag was burned down by a Dutch Communist - caught by the Nazis
- Possible scapegoat - set up by the Nazis
- Benefits for the Nazis
- Nzis able to stir-up anti-communist propaganda
- Nazis got credit for catching the arsonist
- Gained fiancial support - industrialists contributes as the fear of communism rose
- Hitler persuaded Hindenburg to call elections for 5 March
- The support of the DNVP [52 seats] gave the Nazis a majority
- Legal use of arresting political opponents.
- Illegal violent campaign tactics = Nazis won 288 seats
- Banned 81 communists taking their seats using his emergency powers
- Hitler persuaded Hindenburg to declare a state of emergency
- Hitler can control the police and govern without the Reichstag
- Decree for the Protection of the People and the State - banned civil rights of Germans
- Hitler could legally arrest political opponents + ban opposition newspapers
- The Nazis used the law to get what they wanted, but also used a violent, illegal elimination of opponents to get what they wanted. Nazis legally acquired power and didn't need help keeping it.
- 27 Feb - Reichstag was burned down by a Dutch Communist - caught by the Nazis
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