Rise of Hitler - Reichstag fire & night of long knives

who was blamed for the reichstag fire?

communists were blamed for the fire as a Dutch communist was found in the building as it burned.

when was the Reichstag fire

27 fed 1933 - weeks after Hitler was appointed

THEORY

people say Hitler and the Nazi’s put this act on to increase in votes

consequenses

1

communists arrested and banned from taking seats in Reichstag(parliament building)

2

Hitler used emergency powers to ban all. communists newspapers

3

election was held. soon after the fire and the Nazis votes were increased to 288 seats

4

enabling act: granting Hitler the authority to enact laws without the approval of the Reichstag(German paliament)

what was the night of long knives?

series of political purges orchestrated by Adolf Hitler - it involved the murder of many Nazi party leaders, particularly those in the Sturmabteilung (SA)

why did Hitler murder the people in the SA if they were a Nazi group?

Hitler saw them as a threat to Authority and thought they would get in his way.

what did the purge do?

The purge consolidated Hitler’s power in Germany

consequences:

public support from the army

strengthening the SS

These all link back to consolidating Hitler’s power