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1/22/2021

How did Hitler consolidate power?

  • The question could also be "How did Hitler / The Nazis stay in power?" or after 1933.
  • Burning of Reichstag 1933 Hitler blamed the communists and arrested 4000, he rounded up many more and sent them to concentration camps.
  • Election enabling act - Made by Hitler and meant that only Nazi propaganda was allowed. The Enabling act in general meant Hitler could make laws without consulting the president - .
  • Night of the Long Knifes - Rohm was the leader of 4 million SA men. Hitler accused Rohn of plotting to overthrow him and killed him and 400 others. Hitler now had all the army on his side.
  • When president Hindemburg died Hitler took over as president.
  • *(Hitler also had total control over schools).