Brownshirt
Enabling Act
Hitler and Nazism
30 June 1934 those killed were:
- Hitler's henchmen
- Used through the late 20's and 30's to harass opposition parties unmercifully
- Led by Ernest Rohm
- After Hitler is elected many are appointed auxiliary police
Enabling Act
- Agreed to by the Reichstag in 1933 under threats form the brownshirts
- Only 93 social Democrats voted against it
- Allowed Hitler to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag
- Despite the lack of freedom of speech or press Hitler only won 288 seats, barely a majority
- By July 1933 all other political parties are outlawed
Hitler and Nazism
- President Hindenburg refused to give Hitler the Chancellorship
- 1932 (second selection) Nazis fall to 198 seats
- Hindenburg chooses Hitler as Chancellor as a tool against the Chancellor
- 1933 Feb. (Reichstag fire election) 288 seats (majority due to imprisonment of Communist members)
- 1933 Enabling Act
- Forms of the Gestapo (secret Police)
30 June 1934 those killed were:
- Any would be internal challengers were murdered
- Ernst Rohm leader of S.A.
- All ‘socialists’, whom he’d only adopted for electoral reasons
- He declared the Shutzstaffel (S.S.) had conducted the murders proudly and was congratulated by Hindenburg
- A month later Hindenburg dies and an ‘election’ was held which voted Hitler in as President
Summary |
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Hitler came into power and remained leader for a very long time. Creating many laws, and acts that put him higher in ranks and actions that led to WWII.
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"Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future."
-Adolf Hitler |
Questions?
What would have happen if the brownshirt were never created by Hitler? Would he gained all the power he needed?