Consolidation of power section 13

• view other parties as 'election machines'
• represented sectional interests not national (coalitions of wiemar as example)
• volksgemeinschaft- want all germans united thus divided by parties

• KPD- in effectivley banned after Reichstag fire 1933 27th feb
• SPD- banned June 1933 as 'hostile to nation and state', oppposed enbaling act
• DNVP+Centre- dissolved in 1933 as realise days are umbered

Law against formation of new partiees 14th July 1933

july 1933

Law against formation of new parties

no non nazi parties allowed

• federal state
• large powers givne to local authorities (e.g. police)

wants centralised power, thus wants to reduce state control

• March 1933- first law for coordination of federal states

- dissolved state assemblies

- replaced with nazi dominated assemblies

• 2nd law for cofs- april 1933

- created reich govener post

- accountable directly to minister of interior (central)

- RG ensured policies layed down by central governmetn implemented locally

• January 1934- law for reconstruciton of reich

- state assemblies abolished

- governments of states subbordinated to central

- RG kept but now redunadant

feb34 - reichstrat abolished

local nazi leader at regional/state level

many became reich govener

used vioence to oust rivals locally 

e.g. mayors

• aristocratic and authoritarian
• supported hitler as authoriarian (hated WR democracy)
• beleived conservatives in hitler cabinet keep him at bay (papen etc)
• wanted to remain largely independant

wanted to get control over as a obstacle to dicatorial powers

• forced local oficials to resign, replaced with nazis
• - SA palced offical in gov offices to ensure compliance

• Jan 1933 election used as terror to scare voters into voting for nazi
• Feb 1933- merge with stallhelm and auxiallary police status
• feb to june- eliminate opposition and herlp establish control

large and unruly

largely act independantly of hitler as so big and hard to control

'second revolution'

• rohm wants to absorb and replace regular army with SA

Fear it

• 4.5 million memebrs by jan 1934, outnumbering army
• won't support hitler to suceed hindenberg unless SA dealt with

• dictatorial powers achieved (enbling act , single party dtsate)
• glietchshutiung completed
• no longer require

• August 33 lose auxillary police status
• june 1934 notlk

' adolf is a swine'

'getting matey with the generals'

'they're his cronies now'

• only institution that can still remove him]
• loyal to president, thus need to secure support to suceed hindenberg
• SA begin stopping army convoys and consficating werapons

- fear hindenberg would use army to overthrow hitler

• 30th june 1934 
• ** elimante sa leaders and political opponents
• 84+ executed 
• 1000+ arrested 
• Rohm , General Schleicher, Von Kahr (munih putsch) killed

army support hitler as succesor as no longer fear SA

• Public= see hitler as decisive, contrast to WR
• SA= lose influence wiht rohm, fall to 1.6m in 1935
• **= replace SA for terror, more orgnised

• army loyal to president , not in command 
• power not absolute (enabling act expires after 4 yearsthen need hindenberg or reichstag)

died 2nd august 1934

• army did not object to hitler succcesion
• merged chancellorship and preesidency 
• army swear allegience

• aug 1934
• seal of approval from german poeple to accept hitler
• for 89.1%
• displays many still dislike hitler