Enabling Act

2. ?
WHYWAS THEENABLINGACTSOIMPORTANT

The Actgave

Hitlerthe power

to make laws withoutthe

approvalofeitherthe Reichstag orthe President

The Reichstag had in effectvoted itself

outofexistence

Ithad voted to introduce a

Nazidictatorship

12 11 -
Met times overnext years butonly to listen to
- . .
Hitlerspeak neverdebated Had no say on policies


The WeimarRepublic

was dead

Hitlerwanted all
power ,
placed in his hands to be able

to pass laws withoutconsulting the
….
Reichstag effectively allowing him to establish a
DICTATORSHIP

No democratic debate
•
Hitlerbanned the Communists
•
Intimidated otherpolitical parties

The

ENABLINGACT

triggered

a period ofrapid change in
-
Germany the

NAZI
REVOLUTION
?
HOW

RESULT

3. Naziterrortactics reached a peakin the days afterthe Reichstag fire

DEALING

WITH
OPPOSITION

Opposition politicians were

arrested &imprisoned

Workers were no

longerallowed

to join trade unions

Enemies ofthe Nazis

particularly Communists

could be
executed

The SAcould search

the homes ofsuspected
opponents

Many opponents were driven into
exile

The Nazis
intimidated

voters by watching over

them as they marked their

ballotpapers
?
HOWDIDTHENAZIS DEALWITHOPPOSITION
propaganda
intimidation