HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: German Labour Front, Reichstag (Weimar Republic)
23 Oct 2017
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Fascism in germany part 2 (hitler"s german reich: reichstag fire (27 feb 1933) The burning down of the german parliament (reichstag). A dutch communist van de lubbe was caught red-handed. (unknown if hitler paid de. Used the fire as a platform to the general elections in march and rid his communist opponents. The communists were axed for the reichstag fire after the elections, giving the nazis majority. (note: the communists were axed after elections, thus giving the nazis majority power) Reichstag voted to give hitler the power to make his own laws. Nazi storm-troopers stopped opposition beating up anyone who dared to speak against the act. The socialist party opposed and was banned by decree. Other parties dropped out before anything could happen to them, giving the nazis full control. (single party state and fascism: political and social changes. Outlawed all other political parties, and made the nsadap the only legal party. Replaced germany"s federal structure with a centralized state.
