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Hitler Methods of Consolidating Power. - Coggle Diagram
Hitler Methods of Consolidating Power.
Use of Law
The Enabling Law
Instead of passing laws through the Reichstag and the president, law granted Hitler the authority to rule by decree.
(The law, if passed, would provide the prerequisites for dictatorial rule.)
Beer Hall Putsch Failure
It's failure and the influence of Mussolini led Hitler to seek power through legal methods rather than through violence.
20 June 1933 - Concordat
Hitler reaches an agreement with the Pope, which stated that the Catholic Church will be protected, but will stay out of political matters. Allows Hitler to ban the Catholic Zentrum (Centre) Party without opposition from the Catholic Church.
Air of Respectability
Oath
made by army gave him the respect of the people, as the army was regarded as the heroes of the nation.
May labor day holiday
showed he cared for working class and earned respect
He made it clear his intention to protect the german people from the communists and the jews.
Reich wide Co- ordination
Majority in the Reichstag
Most proposals would be supported and passed, allowing the Nazis to become Germany's sole political party - the formation of an authoritarian one-party state
Wide Popular appeal
Hate towards class base politics and Versailles (November Criminals)
was widespread in Germany, and the Nazis shared this hatred. They utilised violence to make their feelings about these groups known.
They discovered "proof" to support their hatred of specific groups (they blamed the jews for the state of the nations, November criminals for Versailles)
In his speeches, Hitler did not reveal too much about his plans.
Concessions
Emergency decree (Article 48)
This decree proclaimed a state of emergency and suspended the democratic characteristics of the Weimar Republic.
This decree provided the Nazis with a legal foundation to persecute and oppress any opponents, who were framed as traitors to the republic.
Night of Long Knives
Increased his popularity with the army who deeply disliked the SA
Withdrawal from Disarmament Conference and League of Nations
Elections 1933
Following the Reichstag Fire, there was a lot of uncertainty, which drew a lot of people to the Nazi party.
The SA also waged a terror campaign against any and all opponents of the Nazi regime. Many people were afraid to vote at all, and many of them voted for the Nazi Party out of fear for their own safety. The polls were neither free nor fair.
Terror - Intimidation
Reichstag Fire
The atmosphere of fear that had followed the Reichstag Fire, as well as the support of Hindenburg and von Papen, made the proposition of the enabling law appear legitimate and, to some, necessary.
Propaganda
Mein Kampf (Nazi manifesto)
After reading Mein Kampf, Joseph Goebbels joined the Nazi Party during this time period. He would ultimately become Hitler's closest ally and Nazi Germany's future Minister of Propaganda.