The Nazi's Rise to Power
- Created by: Sam Player
- Created on: 18-03-13 13:42
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- The Nazi's Rise to Power
- From Chancellor to Fuhrer
- Enabling Act
- Hindenburg grants Hitler emergency powers following the fire; Hitler used these powers to arrest Communists, censor the press, ban other political parties, ban trade unions
- Reichstag Fire
- Nazi's blamed Communists; people feared an uprising. Hindenburg was very worried. Nazis won 288 seats in the following election and made deals to get the 2/3 majority needed to change the constitution
- The Night of the Longknives
- Hitler used the ** to arrest and kill many of his opponents such as Ernst Rohm (Rohm objected to BigBusiness and wanted Nazis to be about the workers) and the brown shirts; communists; jews; gypsies
- Death of Hindenburg
- The death of Hindenburg allowed Hitler the chance to become supreme ruler of Germany, 'Fuhrer'. Every soldier sowre an oath to hitler personally
- Enabling Act
- Hitler becomes chancellor 1933
- Wall Street Crash
- Depression hits Germany hard. People fear a return to the hyper-inflation of 1923
- Threat of Cummunism rises
- As the threat rose people looked for alternatives such as Big business
- Failure of Munich Putsch
- Though Hitler failed and was imprisoned it was an important factor in allowing him to realise that in order to gain power it would have to be through legal methods; elections.
- Growing support from the classes
- Working classes attracted to 'work and bread'; middle classes attracted to strength of nazi values and restoration of moral Germany, also worried about communists getting in; Farmers promised of keeping their land whereas Jews would lose theirs, everyone was to lose theirs under communists
- Wall Street Crash
- From Chancellor to Fuhrer
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