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Law as Method of control in Nazi Regime (General (The Reichstag Fire…
Law as Method of control in Nazi Regime
Their purpose was to eliminate political opposition legalize the use of terror and suppress dissent
General
The Reichstag Fire Decree, February 1933
Suspended constitutional clauses which guaranteed personal liberty
Allowed for 'protective custody' of opponents to the regime or those threatening social order
Genesis of the concentration camp system
Placed restrictions on freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association and the power of state authorities
Hitler convinced the Reichstag that they were under threat from the German Communist Party
Enabling Act March 1933
Effectively replaced Germany's parliamentary democracy with a dictatorship
Gave Hitler power to make laws without the Reichstag
Historian
"In a whirlwind of propaganda and ideology, he used his powers to mesmerize the German people into believing in his vision of a single united racial community - 'one people, one state, one leader.'" - Roland Stromberg 1997
Enabled Hitler to slowly abolish the civil liberties of the German people
Racial
Aryan Clause 1933
Dismissal of Jewish civil servants, academics and teachers
a regulation used to exclude Jews (and often, by extension, other “non-Aryans”) from organizations, professions, and other aspects of public life.
The foundation for the Nuremberg Race Laws
Nuremberg Laws 1935
Laws for the Protection of German Blood and Honour
prohibited marriage between Jews and non-Jews
Branded any extramarital sexual relations between the two groups as a criminal and punishable offence
The Reich Citizenship Law
Jews, gypsies and black Germans were no longer considered German citizens and were not afforded the right to vote