Deutschland Eine
- In the
presidential election held on April 19, 1932 Hitler lost to Hindenberg.
- Hindenberg’s
chancellor immediately dissolved the Reichstag (the national congress) and
called for new elections.
- The July
31, 1932, election produced a major victory for Hitler’s Nazis, winning 230
seats in the new Reichstag.
- On
January 30, 1933, President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor of
Germany.
- Two
weeks after the Reichstag fire (which was believed to be a communist terrorist
attack), Hitler requested the Reichstag to temporarily delegate its powers to
him so that he could adequately deal with the crisis.
- When the
vote was taken, Hitler got the win to suspend the German constitution.
- On March
23, 1933, what has gone down in German history as the “Enabling Act” made
Hitler dictator of Germany, freed of all legislative and constitutional
constraints.
- The Nazi Party supported the middle-class. The areas of strongest Nazi support were in rural
Protestant areas and the depressed working-class. Although the middle-class
was the source of support, increasing their status by popular demand.
- There were people for and against it but when it came to the election it was clear what the citizens wanted was nazism.
- The government lied, like most governments do, but the people fell for it or just went along with it.
Two Policies of Nazi Germany
- Unlike most dictators Hitler ruled by a couple policies,
although the one that he is most infamous for was his Racial Policy.
- The racial
policy of Nazi Germany was a set of policies and laws asserting the
superiority of the Aryan race.
These policies targeted peoples, in particular Jews,
Gypsies, homosexuals and handicapped people.
- There were six main components of the Social Policy of Nazi Germany. Being education, women's rights, environmentalism, animal protection rights, health, and social welfare.
- There was a large portion of the policy dedicated to education, since Hilter really wanted to appeal to the youngest generation and convince them of his ways of ruling.
- Education under the Nazi regime focused on racial biology, population
policy, culture, geography and especially physical fitness.
- Military education became the central component of physical education