Removing Opposition

• How did Hitler use the Reichstag Fire to remove opposition?

  Hitler forced Hindenburg to use Article 48 to allow police to monitor homes and radios which turned the media heavily in the Nazis favour. They could now use the police to legally get rid of political opponents.
• How did Hitler use the police to remove opposition?

  Several left-wing opposers were arrested and tortured, and others were either imprisoned or sent to concentration camps.
• How did Hitler use the Enabling Act to remove opposition?

  He coerced parties to sign the Enabling Act, and from that point forward he no longer needed their permission to do anything.
• By the end of 1933, how many political parties were left in the Reichstag?

  One; the Nazis. All other parties were either voluntarily dissolved or banned which left Hitler in full control of education and culture.
• What did Hitler do to trade unions?

  They were banned on May 2nd 1933; police seized all headquarters and arrested leaders, essentially giving workers no rights.
• What did Hitler replace trade unions with?

  He replaced trade unions with the German Labour Front (DAF), ran by Robert Ley.
• What law banned the formation of new parties?

  Law Against the Formation of New Paries, July 14th 1933, meaning only the Nazi party could be in power after 1933.
• Which law forbade anti-Hitler jokes?

  The Malicious Practices Act 1933, meaning that people could only ever speak positively about the Nazi government, essentially forcing people to stop opposing Hitler.