Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich

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The Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich, commonly known as the Enabling Act of 1933, was the Nazi German law that gave Adolf Hitler’s cabinet the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag, effectively establishing his dictatorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Enabling act ⓘ
German federal law ⓘ
Nazi law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
Ermächtigungsgesetz ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction German Reich ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany
cameIntoForce 1933-03-24 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dateEnacted 1933-03-24 ⓘ
endOfValidity 1945 ⓘ
extendedOn 1937-01-30 ⓘ
1939-01-30 ⓘ
1943-01-30 ⓘ
hasConsequence destruction of parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ
facilitation of totalitarian rule in Germany ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAtEnactment Adolf Hitler ⓘ
historicalPeriod Nazi Germany ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
legalBasisFor Gleichschaltung policies ⓘ
centralization of German federal states ⓘ
dissolution of political parties ⓘ
suppression of trade unions ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional amendment in practice ⓘ
legislativeBody Reichstag ⓘ
mainEffect allowed cabinet to enact laws without Reichsrat ⓘ
allowed cabinet to enact laws without Reichstag ⓘ
allowed laws to deviate from the Weimar Constitution ⓘ
concentrated legislative power in the hands of Hitler’s cabinet ⓘ
enabled rapid Nazification of state and society ⓘ
facilitated establishment of Hitler’s dictatorship ⓘ
legalized rule by decree by the cabinet ⓘ
marginalized the Reichstag ⓘ
undermined separation of powers in Germany ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
placeOfEnactment Kroll Opera House, Berlin ⓘ
politicalContext Nazi seizure of power ⓘ
Weimar Republic crisis ⓘ
proposedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Nazi Party ⓘ
repealedBy Allied Control Council ⓘ
Control Council Law No. 1 ⓘ
requiredMajority two-thirds majority of the Reichstag ⓘ
signedBy Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
subjectOf debates on emergency powers and authoritarianism ⓘ
historical research on collapse of Weimar democracy ⓘ
timeLimit initially four years ⓘ
votingMethod roll-call vote ⓘ

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Enabling Act of 1933 → hasEnglishName → Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich ⓘ
Enabling Act of 1933 → officialName → Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich ⓘ
subject linked to: Machtergreifung