Nazi seizure of power

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The Nazi seizure of power was the process in early 1933 by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party dismantled Germany’s democratic institutions and established a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional crisis
historical event
political process
alsoKnownAs Machtergreifung
country Germany
endTime March 1933
followed Great Depression in Germany
linked to: Great Depression

Weimar Republic political instability
followedBy Hitler becoming Führer in 1934
Nazi consolidation of power
linked to: Gleichschaltung

Night of the Long Knives
hasEffect concentration of power in Adolf Hitler
dismantling of the Weimar Republic
end of parliamentary democracy in Germany
establishment of Nazi dictatorship
legal basis for totalitarian rule
persecution of political opponents
suspension of civil liberties
hasPart Enabling Act of 1933
Gleichschaltung
March 1933 German federal election
Nazification of state institutions
Reichstag Fire Decree
Reichstag fire
appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany
banning of trade unions
centralization of power in Berlin
dissolution of other political parties
establishment of one-party state
purge of civil service
suppression of political opposition
languageOfAlternateName German
legalBasis Enabling Act of 1933
Reichstag Fire Decree
location Berlin
German states
Prussia
mainSubject Adolf Hitler
National Socialist German Workers' Party
linked to: Nazi Party
opponent Centre Party (Germany)
Communist Party of Germany
Social Democratic Party of Germany
partOf history of Nazi Germany
history of the Weimar Republic
rise of Nazism
significantEvent 23 March 1933 passage of the Enabling Act
27 February 1933 Reichstag fire
linked to: Reichstag fire

28 February 1933 Reichstag Fire Decree
30 January 1933 appointment of Hitler as Chancellor
startTime January 1933
timePeriod interwar period

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Sturmabteilung significantEvent Nazi seizure of power
subject linked to: SA
Sturmabteilung roleInEvent Nazi seizure of power
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service precededBy Nazi seizure of power in 1933
linked to: Nazi seizure of power
Führer and Reich Chancellor symbolOf personal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler
linked to: Nazi seizure of power
Wilhelm Frick participantIn Nazi seizure of power
President of the Flensburg Government precededBy Nazi leadership under Adolf Hitler
linked to: Nazi seizure of power
Nazification of the German legal system partOf Nazification of Germany
linked to: Nazi seizure of power
German federal election, November 1932 historicalSignificance took place shortly before Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany
linked to: Nazi seizure of power
Wilhelm Brückner participantIn Nazi seizure of power