How did the Nazis establish a dictatorship | Eliminating political opponents |
When was the reichstag fire | 27th February 1933 |
Explain the events of the Reichstag fire | The reichstag burned downed and the Nazis blamed a communist Van der Lubbe |
How did the Reichstag fire help Hitler | - He passed an emergency decree suspending Weimar constitution
- thousands of communist arrested
- Election Day was only a week later but fear of communist uprising was blooming |
How many votes did the Nazis win in the 1933 election | 43.9% and DNVP 7.9% |
What happened in the 23rd of March 1933 | Hitler passed the enabling act which meant he could make laws without reichstag |
Was the reichstag in support of this | Through the threatening of the SA the parliament supported the enabling act by 444 to 94 |
When was all political parties banned | 14th of July 1933 every party banned except from Nazi |
What happend in may 1933 | All trade unions were banned and leaders of it were sent to concentration camps |
What were all workers now forced to join | German labour front (DAF) |
When was the knight long knives | 30th June 1934 |
What happened in the knight of long knives | Hitler used the ss to purge the SA because he thought that they were a threat to his power and they were linked loyal to Ernest Rohm then him, and any other opposition to the Nazis such as von scheclier |
How many members of the SA were killed | 400 |
What was another reason for the knight of long knives | To secure the support of the general, supposedly Bloomberg agreed to support Hitler if he reduced power of SA and grew the army under him |
What happened on August 1934 | Hidenburg died so Hitler merged his power as chancellor and president he became fuhrer |