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The reichstag building is set on fire by a Dutch Communist, van der Lubbe
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Only 44% of people vote for nazis, who win 288 seats of the Reichstag.
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Hitler gets the right to make his own laws. The Storm Troopers intimadate all non-nazi deputies.
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The government is reorganized. The country is carved up into 42 Gaus, which are run by a Gauleiter. These Gaus are separated into areas, localities and blocks of flats run by a Blockleiter. Hitler sets up the Gestapo.
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Trade unions are abolished and their leaders are arrested.
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Hitler makes an agreement with the Pope who sees him as someone who can destroy communism. He can now take over political power as long as he leaves the church alone.
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All political parties except for the nazis are band.
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Hitler sets up the Nazi people's courts where judges have to swear an oath of loyalty to the Nazis.
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Some SA leaders are demanding that the Nazi party carry out its socialist agenda, and that the SA take over the army. Hitler mustn't annoy the businessmen or army, so the Storm troopers murder perphaps 400 of the SA member, including their leader and other opponents of Hitler.
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Hindenburg dies, so Hitler declares himself jointly president, chancellor and head of the army.
