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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 ...
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 ...
Despite government propaganda, the German people would increasingly recognize this failure and turn away from the responsible organizations and the Weimar Constitution. This became evident with the Reichstag election in March 1933, when the previously "terribly suppressed" National Socialists obtained a clear majority of 43.9%. Thus, the German ...
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 ...
20 March – Michael Pfleghar, German film director and screenwriter (died 1991) 7 April – Johannes Schaaf, German film and theatre director (died 2019) 15 May – Ursula Schleicher, German politician and harpist; 29 May – Helmuth Rilling, German choral conductor; 8 June – Ernst W. Hamburger, German-born Brazilian physicist (died 2018)
Germany had committed €9.9 billion ($10.9 billion) to the project when it was announced in June last year. A representative for Intel didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a referendum held in November, 95 per cent of voters supported Germany's withdrawal. [ 56 ] In 1934, Hitler told his military leaders that rearmament needed to be complete by 1942, as by then the German people would require more living space and resources, so Germany would have to start a war of conquest to obtain more territory. [ 57 ]