Reichstag fire

• When was the Reichtag fire +who was blamed?

  • 27 February 1933
  • Communist Marinus Van De Lubbe confessed and was executed
• What did the Reichstag fire allow Hitler to do?

  • To pass an Emergency Decree - enabled him to imprison many communist leaders without trial - stopped them campaigning during the election
  • After Hitler gained enough seat in Reichstag - arrested all communist deputies - to pass the Enabling Act
• What was the enabling act + effect?

  Hitler could pass laws without having to consult the Reichstag or President

  • April 1933 - people's court
  • May 1933 - trade union ban
  • July 1933- political parties banned
  • Germany no longer democracy
  • Reichstag could no longer stop Hitler
• When were all other political parties banned apart from the Nazi party? + effect?

  • 14 July 1933
  • made Germany a one-party state and destroyed democracy in the country