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Chapter 4 - Consolidation of Power 1933-34 (The Night of the Long Knives -…
Chapter 4 - Consolidation of Power 1933-34
Reichstag fire - 27th feb 1933
Few weeks after Hitler became Chancellor
Week before the General Elections
Decree for the Protection of People and State
Allowed the Nazis to imprison large numbers of their political opponents - 4000
Communist and socialist newspapers were banned
1933 March Election
NSDAP won 288 seats
The Enabling Act
23rd March 1933
Would give Hitler and his government full powers
Act was passes but by dishonest means
Was the end of the Weimar Constitution and democracy
The Night of the Long Knives - 30th June 1934
SA had been a key party in the growth of the Nazis
SA were mostly working class who favoured the socialist views of the Nazi programme
Operation Hummingird
The Blood Purge
Rohm and the main leaders of the SA were shot by members of the SS
von Schleicher and Gregor Strasser were murdered
Approximately 400 people were murdered
Seen as the turning point for Hitler's rule in Germany