Enabling Act of 1933
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Laws, Acts, Legislation, Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Fascism, Fascists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Berlin
- Date: March 23, 1933
Article abstract: The Enabling Act of 1933 ultimately dooms the Weimar Republic by granting Hitler unprecedented powers and lending his totalitarian ends the illusion of legitimacy.
Summary of Event
Only two months after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler sought a legal foundation for dictatorship of Germany by proposing the Act for Ending the Distress of People and Nation—commonly known as the Enabling Act. In five short paragraphs, this bill transferred key legislative powers held by the Reichstag, or parliament, to Hitler’s Nationalist Socialist...
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