Consolidation of the Nazi State 1933-34.

1. January 1933 • 30th Jan - Hitler appointed Chancellor. • February 1933 • 27th Feb – Reichstag Fire. • Blamed on communists. • 28th Feb – Emergency Decree. • Suspended constitutional civil rights and gave power to the secret police. Used to repress the KPD. • January 1934 • 30th Jan – Law for Reconstruction of the State. • Elected state assemblies dissolved, Reich governors (often Nazi gauleiters) appointed to run states. • June 1934 • 30th Jun – Night of Long Knives. • SS shot SA leaders and other people Hitler saw as threats. • August 1934 • 1st August – Law concerning the Head of State of the German Reich • Merged the offices of the president and the chancellor, creating position of ‘fuhrer’. Confirmed by a plebiscite. • 2nd Aug – Hindenburg dies, Hitler becomes head of state. • Army swore a personal oath of allegiance to Hitler. • March 1933 • 5th Mar – elections. • Highest turnout ever – 88%. Nazis only got 44% of the vote. • 13th Mar – New Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. • Goebbels appointed head, controlled all media. • 24th Mar – Enabling Act. • Gave emergency powers to the government for 4 years. Hitler could pass decrees without presidential approval. Was passed by 441 votes to 94, and was renewed in 1938. • April 1933 • 1st Apr – One day boycott of Jewish business. • 7th Apr – Law For Restoration Of Professional Civil Service. • Administration, courts, schools and universities purged of ‘alien elements’ – Jews and political opponents. • June 1933 • 10th Jun – Employment Law. • Set up major public works schemes. • July 1933 • 14th Jul – Law Against Formation of New Parties. • KPD and SPD already banned, all other parties had dissolved themselves. This law created the one party state. • 20th Jul – Concordat Agreement signed. • October 1933 • 14th Oct – Reichstag dissolved. • November 1933 • 12th Oct – Nazi candidates for the Reichstag won 92% of the vote. Consolidation of the Nazi State 1933-34. 1933 1934