1. Hitlers Position in January 1933

By when was Hitler the German Chancellor?

January 1933

What limited Hitlers power?

• Weimar Constitution

• The Reichstag and other Political Parties

• The President

• Treaty of Versailles

• The Army

• The Police

• The SA

• The Cabinet

• The States

How did the Weimar Constitution limit Hitler’s power?

limited the ability of the Chancellor to make laws since they needed to be passed through the Reichstag, which Hitler didn’t control, or passed by presidential decree

How did the The Reichstag and other Political Parties limit Hitler’s power?

other parties still existed and the Nazis did not have an overall majority in the Reichstag in January 1933, so if other parties worked together they could still outvote the Nazis

How did the The President limit Hitler’s power?

Hindenberg was still President and he could remove Hitler as Chancellor at any time, especially since Hindenburg never liked him and only appointed him reluctantly because he thought his allies in the cabinet could keep Hitler under control.

How did the Treaty of Versailles limit Hitler’s power?

Germany was still bound by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, even though Hitler had been promising during every election campaign to get rid of it, and it would be very hard to get rid of

How did the The Army limit Hitler’s power?

the Treaty limited the size of the army to 100,000s men and the army was the Presidents to command, not Hilter

How did the The Police limit Hitler’s power?

• some members of the police were Nazi’s, but they were not a majority

• regionally, the hold the Nazi’s had over the police was very patchy, with the only Nazi police control being Hermann Goering in Prussia as Minister of the Interior

How did the The SA limit Hitler’s power?

even though they were a major political force, it was not certain that the SA would be completely loyal to Hitler and its leader, Ernst Rohm was a rival for power

How did the The Cabinet limit Hitler’s power?

Only 2 out of 12 members of the cabinet were Nazi’s which meant that Hitler could be outvoted about important decisions

How did the States limit Hitler’s power?

evey state in Germany has its own government which were separately elected and independent of Nazi control