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Hitler Becoming Fuhrer
- Reichstag Fire
- 27 February 1933
- Blamed on Van der Lubbe,
a Dutch Communist
- Resulted in the Reichstag Fire Decree
- Emergency powers granted by Hindenburg
- Freedoms of speech, press and liberty were removed
- Gestapo could search houses,
break up meeting and they
seized state radio
- Gestapo could search houses,
break up meeting and they
seized state radio
- Lasted for 12 years
- Emergency powers granted by Hindenburg
- 4000 people were arrested
- 27 February 1933
- Enabling Act
- Pass laws without consulting the Reichstag
- All Communists and Jews fired from
government jobs on 7 April
- Trade unions banned 2 May
- Political parties banned 14 July
- All Communists and Jews fired from
government jobs on 7 April
- Hitler needed 2/3 of votes to pass
- The Nationalists (DNVP) backed Hitler
- The Communists had been banned
after the Reichstag Fire
- The Socialists were intimidated by the
SA as they voted but it failed
- The Centre Party was given a deal where the
rights of the churches would be respected
- For: 444
Against: 94
(SPD)
- The Nationalists (DNVP) backed Hitler
- 24 March 1933
- Pass laws without consulting the Reichstag
- Death of Hindenburg
- Hitler took over as Fuhrer
- The army swore the
Hitler Oath giving
total loyalty to Hitler
- Chancellorship merged with presidency
- 2 August 1933
- Hitler took over as Fuhrer
- Night of the Long Knives
- Hitler suspected Rohm, leader of
the SA, was plotting against him
- Reasons to support the army
- Only they could remove Hitler
- Well trained and organised
- Had support of conservatives and businesses
- Only they could remove Hitler
- Reasons to support SA
- Had more men that the army
2.5 million vs 100,000
- Committed Nazis
- Fought at the Munich Putch, 1923
- Had more men that the army
2.5 million vs 100,000
- 29-30 June 1934
- 77 people executed
- Rohm was shot
- Von Schleicher
- Gregor Strasser
- Rohm was shot
- SA absorbed into
the army
- Hitler suspected Rohm, leader of
the SA, was plotting against him
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