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Policies remained pretty consistent:
- Revision of TofV.
-Greater Germany
- Lebensraum
-Focus on small traders
-Anti-communist
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-The Sturmabteilung (SA) formalises links with the Party
-Paramilitary led by Rõhm to attack communists -
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-Hitler writes Mein Kampf
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-Autocratic and cenrtalised
-Fuhrerprinzip
-Detailed membership lists
-"legality"
-Gauleiters
-Hitler Youth -
-Nazi's win 2.6% of the vote
-12 seats -
-Jurists
-Teachers
-Doctors
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-In doing so he leaves a lasting impression on the country with rallies of over 200,000 people at Nuremburg
-During this year the Party polled more than 11.3% in local elections -
-Hindenburg appoints Bruning to extend his influence over the government.
-Bruning fails to introduce his Finance Bill, it is eventually passed by Presidential decree using article 48.
-Undermines democracy and opposition groups bring down the government.
-Elections on this date lead to Nazi's winning 18% of the vote and 107 seats.
-Article 48 used again to pass finance bill
-Nazi's gain 100,000 new members during the year. -
-Economic crisis deepens, after the collapse of a bank, no banks are open for three weeks.
-Unemployment hits 4.8 million, highest in the Western World
-Nazi's begin to average 40% of the vote in local elections. -
-Hindenburg wins re-election, although is increasingly suffering from senility.
- Hitler receives 36.8% of the vote.
-Bruning and his interior minister General Grôner ban the SA for street violence using article 48.
-Hitler with help from General Von Schleicher a respected general brings down the government. -
-Bruning is forced to resign.
-Hindenburg appoints Von Papen from the Centre Party as Chancellor.
-Von Schleicher still has ambitions to be Chancellor.
-SA ban lifted -
-100 die in street violence perpetrated by the SA in the build up to elections.
Prussian SPD government is forcefully removed by Von Papen.
SPD and KPD are too split to fight back. -
-38% of the vote
-270 seats -
-Von Papen's government proves disfunctional when he is unable to win the support of Hitler's Party.
-New elections called. -
- Nazi support drops to 33% -Hindenburg refuses to give up Presidential leadership, Papen loses support. -Hitler can bring down the government at any time with the support of the Centre Party.
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-Hindenburg fires Papen and installs Von Schleicher.
-Schleicher tries to bring in leading Nazi figures such as Strasser.
-Hitler is very angry. -
-Papen wants to be back in control. Persuades Hindenburg he can control Hitler.
-Hindenburg changes his mind when letters from Schacht and leading industrialists arrive at his office.
-Gôring become leader in Prussia. -
-Bizarre event, which some think was orchestrated by Nazi's
-Led to arrest of political opponents and the banning of the KPD
-Civil liberties suspended
-SA incorporated into the police forces to maintain order in the run up to the elections. -
-Hitler wins 43.9% of the vote
-Coalition with the DNVP gives him a majority.
-Communists received 4.8 million votes
-Enabling Act gave Hitler dictatorial powers, he no longer needed to consult with the Reichstag for 4 years.
-Needed 2/3 support to change the constitution, received it from Centre Party because.
-Von Papen support
-Allowed for tolerance towards Catholic education
- Fear of the SA
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Civil Service made loyal by banning Jews and members of opposing political parties
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- Only DAF German Labour Front allowed, this was a Nazi organisation.
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DNP, DNVP and DVP disbanded, Centre Party a month later.
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-Problems with the SA threatening a revolution against Hitler's perceived deals with the establishment led Hitler to sanction Himmler and his SS to murder the leadership of the SA and his political opponents within his Party.
-Rôhm
-Von Schleicher
-Strasser -
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-Hitler declares himself Fûhrer.
-Oath of loyalty to Hitler made by the armed forces
-Referendum sees this act confirmed with 89.3% of the vote in favour.