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NAZI CONSOLIDATION. OF POWER. Promise Monopoly to army. Concessions. Elimination of SA. Air of Respectability. Concordat with Church. Enabling Act. Use of Law. Defends Christianity. Outlaw Parties. Traditions. Emergency Decrees Feb 1933. SA. March 1933 election.
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NAZI CONSOLIDATION OF POWER
Promise Monopoly to army Concessions Elimination of SA Air of Respectability Concordat with Church Enabling Act Use of Law Defends Christianity Outlaw Parties Traditions Emergency Decrees Feb 1933 SA March 1933 election Methods of Consolidating Power Terror & Intimidation National Revival SS & Gestapo Arrests Popular Appeal Propaganda March 1933 election Gleichschaltung Ministry of Information and Propaganda Reich Culture Chamber New controlling institutions
Homework Europe 307-308 #3 (308)
a. Once in power, nothing prevented Hitler from imposing his ideas on Germany. b. Hitler took a mixture of radical and more cautious measures. c. Where he took more drastic measures, it tended to be policies which the elite welcomed, and which weakened the Left. d. Within the first year Hitler established complete control of all key institutions e. Hitler was prepared to compromise on areas not crucial to him. PORTRAYING 1933-1934
SA (Brownshirts) headed by Rohm – 2.5 million men by 1933 • No longer needed • Frightened industrialists and the army • Rohm too powerful • SS was used to murder SA members • #s vary from 77-401 • Also purged key opponents Rohm & Strasser Night of the Long Knives June 29-30, 1934