Between Article 48 was used a total of 16 times. In alone this rose to 42 uses, in comparison to only 35 Reichstag laws being passed in the same year. In , Article 48 was used 58 times. The conservative elite and the Nazi Party had a common enemy — the political left. Once in power, Hitler could destroy the political left. Destroying the political left would help to remove the majority of political opponents to the ring-wing conservative elite.
Once Hitler had removed the left-wing socialist opposition and destroyed the Weimar Republic, the conservative elite thought they would be able to replace Hitler, and appoint a leader of their choice. A group of important industrialists, including Hjalmar Schacht and Gustav Krupp, also wrote outlining their support of Hitler to President Hindenburg.
Once elected, the conservative elite soon realised that they had miscalculated Hitler and his intentions. Despite the party restructure, the reorganisation of the SA and the initial development of their propaganda under Goebbels, the Nazi Party gained very little in the elections. They won just 2. The following year however, the Wall Street Crash and the resulting economic and political instability swung the conservative elite and electorate in their favour.
Goebbels carefully tailored propaganda slowly became considerably more attractive. In , the Nazis attracted eight times more votes than in They managed to secure The continuing failure of the government to stabilise the situation only increased the Nazis popularity. In February , Hitler ran against Hindenburg to become president. To emphasise this point, Hitler flew from venue to venue via aeroplane.
Hitler lost the election, with Despite losing, people now viewed Hitler as a credible politician. Following another Reichstag election in July , the Nazis became the largest party with seats and Hitler was not immediately appointed chancellor after the success of the July elections, despite being leader of the largest party in the Reichstag.
It took the economic and political instability with two more chancellors failing to stabilise the situation to worsen, and the support of the conservative elite , to convince Hindenburg to appoint Hitler. Hitler was sworn in as the chancellor of Germany on the 30 January The Nazis were now in power. Image shows a copy of the Editorship Law.
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Advanced content hidden Showing advanced content. One of the factors that helped the Nazis rise to power was propaganda. In this image, Hitler can be seen crowded around by a group of young men. This topic will explain how Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power.
Following his release from prison, Hitler restructured the Nazi Party. One aspect of this was to create Nazi Party groups for different professions and ages. One of the most popular of these was the Hitler Youth, pictured here. The BDM advocated traditional national socialist ideas to indoctrinate girls in Germany in Nazi values. In the same year, Hitler restructured the Nazi Party to make it more efficient.
Both are wearing the traditional brown SA uniform. The demands of the SA for more political and military power caused anxiety among military, industrial, and political leaders. While the international community and some Germans were shocked by the murders, many in Germany believed Hitler was restoring order. On August 2, , Hindenburg died. With this action, Hitler eliminated the last legal avenue by which he could be removed from office. As head of state, Hitler became supreme commander of the armed forces.
The traditional loyalty oath of servicemen was altered to affirm loyalty to Hitler personally, by name, rather than to the office of supreme commander or the state.
On August 19, the merger of the presidency with the chancellorship was approved by 90 percent of the electorate voting in a plebiscite. In early , Hitler used blackmail to consolidate his hold over the military by instigating the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair. Army commander Colonel-General Werner von Fritsch was removed after the Schutzstaffel SS paramilitary produced allegations that he had engaged in a homosexual relationship.
On the same day, sixteen generals were stripped of their commands and 44 more were transferred; all were suspected of not being sufficiently pro-Nazi. By early February , 12 more generals had been removed. Hitler took care to give his dictatorship the appearance of legality. Many of his decrees were explicitly based on the Reichstag Fire Decree and hence on Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution.
The Reichstag renewed the Enabling Act twice, each time for a four-year period. Privacy Policy. Skip to main content. Search for:. Learning Objective Describe the events that led to Hitler becoming chancellor.
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