How Night Of Long Knives Affected Hitler's Rise To Power

When it comes to analyzing how the Night of Long Knives would've affected Hitler's rise to power I feel that it is important to first address where Hitler political was at before the night of long knives took place and what was accomplished after the night of long knives. Before the night of long knives, Germany was governed by the Weimar republic from 1919 to 1933 and the president at that time was Paul von Hindenburg. In the Weimar Republic, the left sides were the Communists (KPD) and the Social Democrats (SPD). The Central group was the Democratic party (DDP), the Catholic Center Party (Z) and the People's Party (DVP). The right consisted of the German Nationalist Party (DNVP) and the National Socialist Party (NSDAP-Nazi). The goal of the
Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor of the Nazi party on January 30, 1933, after losing the presidential election. At this time the Nazi party held two out of the ten seats on the Weimar Republic Hitler was the head of the Nazi party and was a very popular figure in german politics. Then on February 27 of 1933, the Reichstag Fire Decree was passed. The Decree gets its name from the fire set in the Reichstag which to this day is unclear of who set the fire but it was believed to be set by the communists. Reichstag means parliament. What the Reichstag Fire Decree did was it allowed for anyone who was an enemy to the Nazi party to be arrested. The Reichstag Fire Decree mainly targeted communist party due to the belief that the communists started the fire in the Reichstag. The Decree was proposed to Hindenburg by Hitler and the decree also helped to serve in shutting down the left wing side of the Weimar