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National StudiesGERMANY 1918 – 1939
Nazism in PowerRole of Terror and Repression
2Enforcing Compliance
ByS. Angelo
Head Teacher HistoryEast Hills Girls Technology High
School2009
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LegislationReichstag Fire Decree Decree for the Protection of the German People28 February 1933
• Freedom of expression, press, assembly, association suspended
• Indefinite detention without court order
• Violations to postal, telegraphic, telephone privacy
• Increased police powers – house searches, confiscations, restrictions on property rights
• This decree formed the basis of the Nazi repression
Enabling Act Act for the Removal of Distress from People and Reich23 March 1933
• Reich cabinet can enact laws
• National laws may deviate from Constitution
• Laws prepared by the Chancellor
• Laws come into effect the day after publication
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Gleichschaltung -Controlling All Aspects of Life
Laws 1933• April 7: Law for the Co-
ordination of the States with the Reich
• May 2: The German Labour Front – Ley
• June : Ministry for Public Enlightenment & Propaganda
• July 14: Law against the Establishment of New Parties
• Sept: Reich Chamber of Culture
• Editorial Law
Laws 1934• Jan 30: Law for the
Reconstruction of the Reich
• Feb 14: Law for the Abolition of the Reichsrat
• June 29/30: Elimination of SA leadership
• July 3: Law Concerning Measures Taken in Defence of the State
• Aug 1: Law Concerning the Sovereign Head of the German Reich
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Party Membership
National movement
5.3 million members in 1939
Members represented all walks of life
8 million members by 1945
People joined to get jobs; expediency
Leadership = male white collar workers
Leadership = craft/working class
Organised into hierarchy parallel to state
Army & SS
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Nazi Subsidiary OrganisationsPolitical Organisations
NS Factory Organisation
NS Women’s Organisation
NS Teacher’s Organisation
NS Doctor’s Organisation
NS Lawyer’s Organisation
NS Welfare Organisation
Propaganda Offices
Hitler Youth
Reich Labour Service
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Hitler Youth Organisation
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