How did Hitler change Germany from a democracy into a dictatorship?
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- Created on: 10-11-16 19:12
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- Stage 1 - The Reichstag Fire
- Reichstag fire - 27th February 1933
- Hitler calls for an election in March 1933 to get more seats (has 196) - communists are a big threat
- Hindenburg enacts article 48 - communists can be arrested without trail
- Propaganda "gets rid" of communists and shows Nazi strengths (win 288 seats)
- Stage 2 - The Enabling Act
- Centre Party (Catholics) supported as Hitler would support the Catholic religion in Germany
- Met in temporary building - Koll Opera House - 23rd March 1933
- Nationalists supported Hitler as they were friends and easily persuaded
- To pass the act, Hitler needed a 2/3 (66%) majority
- passed 444-94
- To allow Hitler to make laws without the approval of the Reichstag or the President - make Hitler a dictator
- SA ushered in the different parties intimidated social democrats into supporting Hitler
- Stage 3 - Elimination of political oppositon
- Trade unions closed down (contained communists) - May 1933 - replaced with the German Labour Front
- Hitler banned all other political parties (May and June) including ones that helped him become Chancellor
- law passed against the formation of parties - Nazi party only
- Prominent socialists and communists arrested
- July 1933 an agreement with the pope (concordat) to not interfere with Catholicism in Germany - gave Hitler international presige
- Stage 4 - Night of the long knives
- Claimed to be preventing civil war (Hitler)
- 200 were shot, including the previous Chancellor - Von Schleicher
- 30th June 1934 - ** arrest and shoot leading members of the SA, who were in a meeting in village near Munich - Rohm shot in prison after refusing to commit suicide
- SA were under leadership of Ernst Rohm and their violence/chaos gave Nazis a bad name (2 million members) - could challenge Hitler
- Stage 5 - The death of Hindenburg
- President and Chancellor become one - Fuhrer (Father)
- 2nd August 1934 - Hindenburg dies from natural causes
- Army loyal to Hitler as he is president
- Stage 1 - The Reichstag Fire
- Mannus Van der Lubbe (Dutch communist) found guilty
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