Hitler's consolidation of power

• What did Hitler do with the SPD Party after the Enabling Act as passed?  

  He banned them and its leaders went into exile.  
• What did Hitler do with the other right wing parties?  

  They were told to join the Nazis or disband.  
• Why did Hitler ban non-Nazi trade unions in May? 

  He had seen what happened during the Kapp Putsch in 1922 and he didn’t want to let workers have any power to legally react.  
• How did Hitler convince the Catholic Centre to disband? 

  He promised them that he would not interfere with the Catholic Church. He also made a ‘Concordat’ with the Pope in July which made the disbandment acceptable to all Catholics.  
• When did Germany become a One-Party State? 

  July 1933 
• How many votes did the Nazis win in the Reichstag election in November 1933? 

  They won 92% votes.  
• What happened to the other 8% of votes? 

  Since there were no other parties to choose from, this means that 8% of people did not mark their ballot papers despite SA presence in ballot rooms.  
• When was the Reichsrat abolished? 

  February 1934. 
• How much did membership to the SA increase from 1933 to 1934? 


  Jan 1933- 500,000 by Jan 1934- 3 million members.  
• Give 2 causes of the Night of the Long Knives. 

  -Hitler was unable to control the SA properly 

  -The members were no longer stark Nazi supporters like the original members, they were more interested in the SA itself 

  -The SA wanted the second revolution but Hitler didn’t  

  -SA units began taking weapons and supplies from the army 
• What was the aim of The Night of the Long Knives (TNOTLK)? 

  To eliminate the leadership of the SA and many other political opponents of the Nazis.  
• How many people were killed or arrested in TNOTLK.  

  It’s hard to know due to censorship but likely between 100-400 killed, and about 1000 arrested. 
• Name 2 significant figures who were executed on TNOTLK. 

  -Ernst Rohm 

  -General von Schleicher 

  -Gregor Strasser 

  -Gustav von Kahr  
• How much did the membership of the SA decline after the Night of the Long Knives? 

  It declined by about half.  
• When did President Hindenburg die? 

  August 2nd 1934 
• How was Hitler’s power consolidated after Hindenburg’s death? 

  The army took an oath of allegiance to Hitler personally. 
• When and how did the public agree to make Hitler their Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor? 

  The Plebiscite (a direct question asked to the voters) -19th August 1934.  

   
• How many people agreed of this change? 

  89% (11% voted no/ blank). 
• What was the title given to Hitler after his consolidation?  

  Führer and Commander-in- chief of the armed forces