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A referendum would also be held if 10% of eligible voters proposed an initiative. [14] On 14 July 1933, the German cabinet used the Enabling Act to pass the "Law concerning the Plebiscite", [15] which permitted the cabinet to call a referendum on "questions of national policy" and "laws which the cabinet had enacted". [3]
In August 1934, Hindenburg died, and Hitler seized the president's powers for himself in accordance with a law passed the previous day (Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich), an action confirmed via the 1934 German referendum later that month. Article 2 stated that the president's powers were to remain "undisturbed" (or ...
There has never been a referendum of this type, although there was an argument in that direction during German reunification. The other type requires a regional public vote in case of restructuring the States ( Neugliederung des Bundesgebietes , "New Arrangement of the Federal Territory") which led to a number of effectless referendums to ...
1926 German property expropriation referendum; 1929 German Young Plan referendum; 1931 Prussian Landtag referendum; 1933 German League of Nations withdrawal referendum; 1934 German head of state referendum; 1935 Saar status referendum; 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum; 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum; 1955 ...
1933, 12 November: Parliamentary elections and referendum on the withdrawal of Germany from the League of Nations. All Reichstag delegates are now Nazi Party members or sympathizers. According to formal results, 92% of the voters approved the referendum proposal.
5 March – German federal election, March 1933: National Socialists gain 43.9% of the votes. 8 March – Nazis occupy the Bavarian State Parliament and expel deputies. 12 March – Hindenburg bans the flag of the republic and orders the Imperial and Nazi flag to fly side by side.
The Timeline of the Weimar Republic lists in chronological order the major events of the Weimar Republic, beginning with the final month of the German Empire and ending with the Enabling Act of 1933 that concentrated all power in the hands of Adolf Hitler. A second chronological section lists important cultural, scientific and commercial events ...
Pages in category "1933 in Germany" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... 1933 German League of Nations withdrawal referendum ...