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  2. Enabling Act of 1933 - Wikipedia

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    ' Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich '), [1] was a law that gave the German Cabinet – most importantly, the Chancellor – the power to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or Weimar President Paul von Hindenburg, leading to the rise of Nazi Germany. Critically, the Enabling Act allowed the Chancellor to ...

  3. 1933 German League of Nations withdrawal referendum

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    It was the first of a series of referendums held by the German cabinet under Chancellor Adolf Hitler, after the cabinet conferred upon itself the ability to hold referendums on 14 July 1933. [3] The referendum question was on a separate ballot from the one used for the elections.

  4. Government of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    On 30 January 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. This event is known as the Machtergreifung (seizure of power). [1] In the following months, the Nazi Party used a process termed Gleichschaltung (co-ordination) to rapidly bring all aspects of life under control of the party. [2]

  5. Presidential cabinets of the Weimar Republic - Wikipedia

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    The president's decision to govern without the support of the Reichstag is regarded by historians as a milestone on Germany's progression from a multi-party democracy to a totalitarian dictatorship under Hitler: [1] the abolition of parliamentary government removed moderate parties from power and eroded trust among the electorate, making the ...

  6. Adolf Hitler's rise to power - Wikipedia

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    German newspapers wrote that, without doubt, the Hitler-led government would try to fight its political enemies (the left-wing parties), but that it would be impossible to establish a dictatorship in Germany because there was "a barrier, over which violence cannot proceed" and because of the German nation being proud of "the freedom of speech ...

  7. Weimar Republic - Wikipedia

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    The Weimar Republic, [d] officially known as the German Reich, [e] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

  8. 23 March 1933 Reichstag speech - Wikipedia

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    For most parliamentarians, this was the first opportunity to see and hear Hitler in person, as this was Hitler's first appearance in the Reichstag. [2] Members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) were not represented, as all its members were either in custody or in hiding, [1] while some members of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) had also signed off on vacation.

  9. March 1933 German federal election - Wikipedia

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    Federal elections were held in Germany on 5 March 1933, after the Nazi seizure of power on 30 January and just six days after the Reichstag fire.The election saw Nazi stormtroopers unleash a widespread campaign of violence against the Communist Party (KPD), left-wingers, [1]: 317 trade unionists, the Social Democratic Party [1] and the Centre Party.