2.  Reichstag fire COMMUNIST
 Bloody purge (Night of Long Knives)
 Enabling Act

3.  In 1933 Hitler became
Chancellor. This position
had enable him to
eliminate democracy in
Germany.
Hitler wanted the Nazi party
to gain full control of the
Reichstag without getting
approval from the
Reichstag or President.
Hitler dissolved the Reichstag
and called for fresh
elections in March 1933.

4.  However, a week before the
elections, the Reichstag caught
fire and Hitler blamed his
political rival, the communist.
 Therefore, 4000 communists
leader were arrested. With his
enemies removed, it made it
easier for Hitler to win election
in 1933.

5.  Hitler claimed that the country is in grave
danger and convince President Hindenburg
to grant him emergency power to deal with
communist threat.
This act require the Reichstag agreement. Hitler
then uses his SS and SA to pressure the
Reichstag to agree with the act.
Hitler was then granted the enabling Act with
gave him a lot of power.
Hitler uses his power to ban all opposition
parties.
Thus, Germany become a police state and
people lost much independence. Hitler
became the most powerful person in
Germany

6.  Ernst Rohm, leader of
Sturmbteilung(SA, Storm troopers).
Under Rohm’s leadership the SA
grew into a powerful organisation in
Germany.
 Hitler was worried about the growth
of SA and Rohm’s growing influence
and believe the Rohm was a potential
threat.
 Hitler had Rohm and other SA leader
arrested and executed in a campaign
known as Night of Long Knives by
Hitler’s
Schutzstaffel(SS, personal/elite
guard) men.

7.  Religious Control
 Anti-Semitism
 Education
 Censorship

8.  In schools, students was influenced with Nazi
beliefs.
 - Students were not taught to think for themselves.
 - Instead, they were indoctrinated with Nazi ideas.
 Young people were expected to join Youth
Organisations.
 . This was to allow Nazis to further control the
minds of the young. .
 . Hitler Youth spend time participating activities to
toughen them.
 . Eg, Hiking, route marches and camping
expedition.
 . Boys was taught to play important role in building
a militarily strong Germany.
 . Girls, on the other hand, was prepared to take their
roles as mothers and child givers.

9.  Hitler’s anti-Semitism law were targeted
at getting rid of the Jews. This is because
of his personal hatred for Jews. Hitler
saw the Jews as selfish, materialistic and
an inferior race.
 In order to justify his action, he blamed
the Jews for German’s economic
problems as many Jews were wealthy
and ran its own business.
 Thus through successful propaganda,
Hitler blinded the German of all his
fault and ill-doings.

10.  Nazi party took control of churches as Hitler had believed
that government is the one that controlled every aspect of
life and not god, thus, people should be devoted to their
Fuhrer, Hitler.
 The schools & organisations ran by churches were closed
down. Whoever opposed Hitler would be arrest & send to
concentration camps.
 A new religion was promoted by Hitler known as ' National
Socialism '. It emphasized unquestioned loyalty to him. The
worshippers were forced to listen to readings from Mein
Kempf and bowed before the Swastika in churches.
 Hitler also wrote a book named My struggle.
 People that attended church were brainwashed to obey the
Nazis.

11.  Censorship was rampant(unrestrained) throughout Nazi
Germany. Censorship ensured that Germans could only see
what the Nazi hierarchy(those in authority.) wanted people
to see, hear what they wanted them to hear and read only
what the Nazis deemed acceptable.
 The prime mover in censorship was the Minister of
Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. He took responsibility in the
material that is going to be published to Nazi state.
Newspapers, radio and all forms of media were put under
control of Nazis too.
 Rallies were used to show German and foreigners how
successful Nazi policies were in creating a powerful German
race and state.
 Therefore, people were brainwashed into believing and
trusting that Hitler was a great leader who had done
wonders for Germany.