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Why Did Hitler Become Chancellor Of Germany Essay

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The first immediate political consequences of Hitler to becoming Chancellor of Germany was the Reichstag fire, on the 27th of February, 1933. The reichstag building was the main meeting place for the government of Germany. Hitler blamed the fire on a young communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, who was found inside the building, and later used this as a reason to arrest 3000 communists and social democrats. Because of the fire, all political meetings got moved to the Berlin Opera House, where Hitler passed the act that was commonly referred to as the “Enabling law”. The social democrats were against it, but was still able to pass the act, 441 votes to 94. This law ‘enabled’ Hitler to make any decisions he wanted without consulting the reichstag. He used this power to destroy opposing political parties and trade unions. On May 1st Hitler …show more content…

Other parties were forced to disband and on July 15th, 1933 al law was passed to ban all parties except the Nazis. Later the SA grew and became a threat to rival the army, and they began to rebel against Hitler. Hitler then had 80 leaders of the SA executed by the German army. These consequences were caused by Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany because all decisions that were made by Hitler in order to cause these consequences to happen were carried out using the authority he had gained as the Chancellor of Germany.

There were many economic consequences of Hitler to becoming Chancellor of Germany. The primary concern of the Nazis involving the economy was the high percentage of unemployment in Germany. The total of unemployed people was 5.7 million in January 1933, and the Nazis had no plan whatsoever. The Nazis were anti-communist as well as anti-capitalist to attract as much support as possible. This meant the could not use communist or capitalist systems to fix the economy. This left only one option; for the Nazis to control the

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