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What was the legislation passed by the Reichstag that gave Hitler the power to ignore the constitution for four years?
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∙ 8y ago
Actually he didn't ignore it he uses it Hitler came to power quite legally using the regular elections the constitution meant even very small political factions, like the Nazis, had a say in government. Using this toe hold in government Hitler set about increasing his votes till he had enough to became Chancellor. After this he used the power to rule by decree because he didn't have a majority in the Reichstag. Hitler wasn't the first to rule by decree so it won't have seemed weird for him to have such powers. After the President of Germany died Hitler succeeded him and became the Fuhrer (leader in German).
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Which treaty did Hitler want to ignore?
the treaty of Versailles
Why did world leaders ignore hitler's genocide against the jews during the war-?
World leaders ignored Hitler's genocide against the Jews during the war because of the position of Pope Pius XII.
What does the enabling act do?
The "Enabling Act" typically refers to a law passed in Germany at the end of March 1933. The law was an amendment to the German constitution passed by a coalition of right-wing parties led by Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party. Only the leftist Social Democratic Party voted against it (the Communist Party had largely been arrested and was unable to vote).What the law did was it allowed Hitler to make laws and treaties without needing to go through the legislature. These laws were even allowed to ignore the constitution, with a few minor exceptions- for example, he was not allowed to get rid of the legislature or the Presidency (the President technically outranked Chancellor Hitler). Of course, when the President died a little over a year later, Hitler chose to simply not replace him, thereby avoiding that obstacle.The Act included that it would automatically expire in four years. However, Hitler quickly abolished all political parties except the Nazi Party, so the legislature was made up entirely of loyal Nazis. The legislature then kept renewing the law every four years, so Hitler retained power right up until he committed suicide in April 1945.
Who was German dictator and leader of the nazi party called der fuhrer?
Adolf Hitler. For him, it wasn't necessarily hard to achieve total power, but it was a bit time-consuming. He was a powerful and motivational speaker. It would have been hard to ignore him or even try.
How did Hitler and the nazi party gain and maintain power?
Adolf Hitler first came into political power as the head of the National Socialist German Worker's (NAZI) party. After a failed attempt to violently overthrow the government, and a brief stay in prison, Hitler returned to his leadership and started to grow the Nazi party. Gaining hundreds of thousands of members, Hitler's party became the largest in the Reichstag easily. Germany was in a time of extreme unemployment due to the depression. German people wanted immediate change, which made extremist parties like this that much more attractive. Nearly every citizen supported him, from the working class to the wealthy. With the addition of Hitler's genius propaganda and excellent public speaking abilities, the Nazi did nothing if not grow. Under pressure from the public, German President Hindenburg agreed to appoint Hitler as the chancellor of Germany. Within two months, Nazi influence was everywhere. The Reichstag soon passed the enabling act, which gave government the power to ignore the constitution. This was the final move in Hitler's rise to complete power. Hitler remained in power for many years, through a world war, until he committed suicide in his emergency bunker as invading Russians were less than 300 yards away, in 1945. To stay in power, Adolf Hitler used mass propaganda, framing the Jews and Allies to be evil and the Aryan cause and race to be noble and just. He created a personality cult for himself, compared himself to God, and media made into Germany's indestructible, refutable savior. He censored radios, newspapers, TVs, and anything else that could be used to broadcast an anti-Nazi message. He burned books and other media written by Jews, sent controversial authors and playwrights off to concentration camps, and made sure that his autobiography, Mein Kampf, and other pro-Nazi and anti-semitic books were widely circulated. His secret police, the SS, were used to enforce Hitler's extremist policies. He had political rivals assassinated, and anyone who dared to challenge him was at first "encouraged" by the SS to emigrate from Germany, then later in Hitler's rule, troublemakers were convicted of treason and shot.
The enabling act allowed Hitler to establish a totalitarian state by?
giving the government the power to ignore the constitution for four years [it's on my history paper so it's correct]
Which treaty did Hitler want to ignore?
the treaty of Versailles
Why was Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany on January 30 1933 and were some of his first acts as chancellor?
It's a long and somewhat complicated question. So here goes...To start, we need a little background info. Germany's government works kind of like the British government (and not at all like the US government). The President is the head of state- he gets elected, and has a lot of power like the Kaiser used to have, but generally does not use it, nor does he run the government. There is also a legislature; the lower house, which does most of the work, is called the Reichstag. The political party that has the most members ("seats") in the Reichstag gets to choose who is the Chancellor and the Cabinet. If no party has more than 50% of the seats, they can form a coalition with other parties, and then share the cabinet positions. If that doesn't work, the President can simply appoint someone to be the Chancellor.In January 1933, there was no majority party. Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party had the most seats- a little over 30%. The previous Chancellor was unable to get the Reichstag to pass laws, so he had to resort to constantly asking the President to use emergency decrees to get anything done.Some powerful politicians and businessmen asked the President to appoint Hitler to be Chancellor. They said that they believed he would be an independent who could make deals and get things done without having to use the President's decrees anymore. In reality, they thought Hitler was an idiot who they could manipulate. Hitler had also made promises to help the businessmen once he was in power, so they supported him. The President didn't like Hitler, but reluctantly appointed him anyway.Once in power, Hitler wasn't able to immediately do much. He announced that there would be a new election for the Reichstag at the beginning of March 1933. The plan was to try to win more seats, and maybe get a majority of seats. However, fate would offer him a surprise opportunity.About a week before the election, the Reichstag building was set on fire. A Communist was arrested at the scene; he admitted to setting the fire, and was sentenced to death. However, Hitler used the arson as evidence of an impending Communist revolt. The President passed an emergency decree, the "Reichstag Fire Decree", which suspended most civil liberties and gave Hitler broad powers to suppress the "revolt".Hitler abused these powers, as well as his Nazi Party's stormtroopers, to influence the election by intimidating voters. The Nazi Party won over 40% of the seats, and allied with a couple other right-wing parties so that combined, they had 60%, enough to pass any law, even an amendment to the constitution. At the end of March 1933, Hitler's coalition passed a constitutional amendment called the "Enabling Act" which basically gave most of the government's power directly to Hitler- he was able to make laws and ignore the constitution as he saw fit.And at this point, Hitler was the dictator of Germany. Over the next seventeen months or so, Hitler consolidated power, eliminated political opponents, and re-formed the government to suit his ideology. The last obstacle to his power was removed when the President died in August 1934; Hitler chose not to replace him, meaning he was officially the undisputed master of Germany until his death in April 1945.
What is the effectiveness of the gun control legislation?
Very little. It assumes that people that ignore laws about murder will obey laws about guns.
What groups of people did the drafters of the constitution ignore?
The Constitution ignored native Americans; women and partially slaves because of the 3/5 provisions.
Why do Jews like to ignore the fact that Jews helped Hitler?
the same reason that all groups and societies do the same
The 1st of the U.S. Constitution?
wat is this i dont even i am 12 years old what is this dont ignore my girth
Who was the the vice presidents role as next in line for the presidency officially established by?
ignore the who at the beginning, it wouldn't let me submit.
Why did world leaders ignore hitler's genocide against the jews during the war-?
World leaders ignored Hitler's genocide against the Jews during the war because of the position of Pope Pius XII.
Why did the German people accept the ideologies of Adolf Hitler What would cause them to support the actions of the Nazi regime?
First off, they didn't really have much choice. Hitler took advantage of the Weimar government's system to get himself put in power. His Nazi party did not hold enough seats in the Reichstag to claim the Chancellorship on its own; so he made allies with other right-wing parties in order to convince the President to appoint him Chancellor. Once in power, an election was scheduled, but a few days before it, the Reichstag building was set on fire. Communists were blamed, and President Hindenburg issued the "Reichstag Fire Decree", which allowed Hitler's government to ignore the German constitution and do almost anything they wanted in order to arrest communists. The Nazis benefited from the mass arrests and public hysteria, and their alliance of right-wing parties won a small majority of seats in the Reichstag. Less than 3 weeks after the election, the Hitler's alliance in the Reichstag passed the "Enabling Act". This single law basically turned all government power over to Hitler. Hitler banned leftist political parties like the SPD, and eventually even the other parties he allied with in his rise to power. This was all part of a process known as "Gleichschaltung" (which basically means "synchronization") where everything in German government and even society was changed to fit the Nazi view of things. Hitler was made Chancellor on January 30th, 1933, and it only took 52 days for the Nazis to take complete power with the Enabling Act. They wasted no time and made it clear that they would tolerate no opposition- the Nazi Party even had its own private army, the "Sturmabteilung" or "SA", that would attack political opponents out in the streets. Gleichschaltung was completely finished a little over a year later when Hitler had many potential rivals in the Nazi Party murdered and disbanded the SA, and then merged the President's powers with the Chancellor's, creating the new position of "Führer" ("leader"). Secondly, the German people were willing to accept Nazi rule because once in power, things seemed to go well for Germany. The economy got better, people had jobs, the humiliating Versailles Treaty was torn up, and Germany seemed strong again. So between the Nazis not allowing any dissent, and the general improvement of things in Germany after the Nazi takeover, the German people really didn't have much choice but to go along with the Nazis.
The vice president role as the next in line for the presidency was officially established by?
ignore the who at the beginning, it wouldn't let me submit.
How did Britain and us help Hitler and Mussolini set stage for world war 2?
The US, but mainly Britain enabled Hitler to continue taking over lesser countries and defy the treaty of Versailles by not doing anything. They did not want another war, so they let Hitler blatently ignore the treaty and invade Chzechoslovakia, Poland, & Austria unchallenged.
