HISTORY 126B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gleichschaltung, Art Of The Third Reich, Nuremberg Laws
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Key dates of january 1933: passage of enabling act march 23, 1933 (takes place in potsdam since reichstag damaged in fire february 27, 1933) Enabled government to pass laws by itself. Have authority to initiate legislation too: origins of nazism in munich. Berlin was really held by the left. Social democrats very powerful here: arrested political enemies very authoritarian + frowned on by democrats. Goal of the racial state: to create a utopian society organized in accordance w/ principles of race. In this context, utopian means sort of a homogenous society. Something unique + doesn"t necessarily have roots other than own foundations: principles of inclusion/exclusion + how applied to society: "leveling", "making the same," "bringing into line," process aimed to force everyone into national socialist system. But of course, there"s certain limits to this kind of authority. Jews in germany started experiencing "emancipation" starting in. French revolution given equal rights along w/ other groups.
