Hitlers consolidation of power

• Consolidation of Power


  How the Nazis consolidated their power between 1933 and 1934
• Hitler as Chancellor


  • Passed the Enabling Act
  • Reduced the number of police and political opponents
  • Banned trade unions and political parties
  • Carried out the Night of the Long Knives (Blood Purge)
  • Transformed German society into a one-party dictatorship
• The Nazis won 44% of the vote in the 1933 election
• The Enabling Act gave Hitler's government the power to enact laws without the Reichstag
• The Nazis banned trade unions and political parties
• The Night of the Long Knives was a purge of the Nazi party's leadership
• The Nazis transformed German society into a one-party dictatorship
• The Nazis consolidated their power through a combination of legal and violent means