'The Reichstag fire was more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power in 1933.' How far do you agree with this statement? [10]
'The Reichstag fire was more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power in 1933.' How far do you agree with this statement? [10]
Hitler and the Nazis hated Communism and the arrest of Van der Lubbe gave Hitler evidence that the Communists were plotting against the government. On 27th February 1933, the night of the fire 4,000 leading Communists were arrested and imprisoned to remove the threat that they posed on the government.
The next day, to increase Nazi control, Hitler persuaded President Hindenburg to pass an emergency decree suspending all of the terms in the constitution, which had been introduced by the Weimar. These emergency powers allowed Hitler to do anything that he wanted. He used his new-found powers to intimidate voters.
Hitler and the Nazis hated the Reichstag, as it was seen as a symbol of the Weimar Republic. When the Reichstag was burnt down, this symbol was removed. The fire happened just weeks before the March 1933 election was due to take place. This allowed Hitler to create bad publicity around the Communists, saying it was the beginning of an uprising. He demanded special emergency powers to deal with the situation, and, on the 28th February 1933, he was given them. In the election, the Nazis won their largest ever share of the votes. However, Hitler still did not have an overall majority of seats and so he was able to use his emergency powers to prevent the Communists from taking up the 81 seats they had won.
With the support of other parties and the absence of the Communists, Hitler now had a two-thirds majority and brought about his first change to the Constitution by introducing the Enabling Act, in March 1933. This was the legal foundation of his soon-to-be dictatorship because it meant he could now pass laws without the consent of the Reichstag for the next four years.
Using the Enabling Act Hitler reorganised state parliaments so that there was a Nazi majority and a Nazi state governor. Not long
Hitler and the Nazis hated Communism and the arrest of Van der Lubbe gave Hitler evidence that the Communists were plotting against the government. On 27th February 1933, the night of the fire 4,000 leading Communists were arrested and imprisoned to remove the threat that they posed on the government.
The next day, to increase Nazi control, Hitler persuaded President Hindenburg to pass an emergency decree suspending all of the terms in the constitution, which had been introduced by the Weimar. These emergency powers allowed Hitler to do anything that he wanted. He used his new-found powers to intimidate voters.
Hitler and the Nazis hated the Reichstag, as it was seen as a symbol of the Weimar Republic. When the Reichstag was burnt down, this symbol was removed. The fire happened just weeks before the March 1933 election was due to take place. This allowed Hitler to create bad publicity around the Communists, saying it was the beginning of an uprising. He demanded special emergency powers to deal with the situation, and, on the 28th February 1933, he was given them. In the election, the Nazis won their largest ever share of the votes. However, Hitler still did not have an overall majority of seats and so he was able to use his emergency powers to prevent the Communists from taking up the 81 seats they had won.
With the support of other parties and the absence of the Communists, Hitler now had a two-thirds majority and brought about his first change to the Constitution by introducing the Enabling Act, in March 1933. This was the legal foundation of his soon-to-be dictatorship because it meant he could now pass laws without the consent of the Reichstag for the next four years.
Using the Enabling Act Hitler reorganised state parliaments so that there was a Nazi majority and a Nazi state governor. Not long