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Hitler´s Methods of Consolidating Power - Coggle Diagram
Hitler´s Methods of Consolidating Power
Use of Law
Enabling Act: gave power to the Government to enact laws without the consent of the German Parliament (the Nazis were the majority of the Reichstag).
Law for Restoration of Professional Civil Service: excluded 5% of Jews and other political opponents of the Nazis from all civil service positions.
Law Against the Formation of New Parties: Germany becomes a one-party state because no other parties were allowed.
Law for the Reconstruction of the State: abolished Germany's state governments
Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the Nation and the State: It suspended constitutional civil rights and was used to repress the KPD.
Wide Popular Appeal
Good leader: confident, charismatic, appealing speeches
Propaganda
Mein Kampf: Hitler´s autobiography highlighting his ideologies and future plans
March 13 1933: Goebbles appointed as head for the ministry of public enlightenment and propaganda.
Reich wide Coordination
SA overthrows local governments allowing the Reich to appoint commissioners
Law for the Reconstruction of the State
Law against the formation of new parties
Emergency decree
Reichstag is dissolved and new elections are held in January 1933
Concessions
Enabling Act: was supported by the Centre Party because Hitler made promises.
The Night of the Long Knives: To gain the support of the army. Hitler feared that Ernst Rohm (their leader) was building a political force to also gain the support from the army.
Air of Respectability
Made himself respectable with clear plans, being well spoken, charismatic, etc.
Terror & Intimidation
The Reichstag Fire: Hitler took this opportunity to claim that this was the beginning of a communist rebellion.
One day boycott of Jewish shops on April 1 1933 by SA
From March 1933 many local governments are overthrown by SA violence