Short Term Consequences Of Hitler As Chancellor Essay
What were the short term consequences of the Appointment of Hitler as Chancellor
President Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor of coalition government on The 30th January 1933.
Shortly after, the first cracks began to show in the foundations of this new leadership, as after the death of President Hindenburg, Hitler combined the posts of president and chancellor. Given the fact that he was also commander-in-chief of the armed services he became the sole leader of the German country, represented by the quote “one people, one empire, one leader”.
After being appointed as Chancellor, Adolf Hitler asked President von Hindenburg to dissolve the Reichstag, as he felt it was unnecessary and would get in the way of his visions for Germany …show more content…
At the time Ernest Roehm was the SA leader, the only man who could pose a threat to Hitler, who had over 2.5 million men at his command.
By late 1933, the SA was beginning to embarrass the new Chancellor because of the street violence and havoc they were rising.
Key Nazi Party leaders advised Hitler that it was necessary to confront Roehm.
Hitler did on June 30 1934, which became known as ‘The Night of the Long Knives’. Roehm was arrested and later shot with around another 85 SA leaders. After this the SA no longer posed a threat.
The then German courts and cabinet ‘quickly swept aside centuries of legal prevention against extra-judicial killings to demonstrate their loyalty to the regime.[2]’ This made way for a legal basis of the Nazi regime.
In September 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were announced.
‘The laws deprived Jews of their German citizenship and prevented them from marriage to non-Jews’[3].
Furthermore when a German-born Jew assassinated German diplomat- Ernst von Rath in Paris in 1938, this gave the Nazi’s and Hitler a good excuse to finally attack the Jewish
President Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor of coalition government on The 30th January 1933.
Shortly after, the first cracks began to show in the foundations of this new leadership, as after the death of President Hindenburg, Hitler combined the posts of president and chancellor. Given the fact that he was also commander-in-chief of the armed services he became the sole leader of the German country, represented by the quote “one people, one empire, one leader”.
After being appointed as Chancellor, Adolf Hitler asked President von Hindenburg to dissolve the Reichstag, as he felt it was unnecessary and would get in the way of his visions for Germany …show more content…
At the time Ernest Roehm was the SA leader, the only man who could pose a threat to Hitler, who had over 2.5 million men at his command.
By late 1933, the SA was beginning to embarrass the new Chancellor because of the street violence and havoc they were rising.
Key Nazi Party leaders advised Hitler that it was necessary to confront Roehm.
Hitler did on June 30 1934, which became known as ‘The Night of the Long Knives’. Roehm was arrested and later shot with around another 85 SA leaders. After this the SA no longer posed a threat.
The then German courts and cabinet ‘quickly swept aside centuries of legal prevention against extra-judicial killings to demonstrate their loyalty to the regime.[2]’ This made way for a legal basis of the Nazi regime.
In September 1935, the Nuremberg Laws were announced.
‘The laws deprived Jews of their German citizenship and prevented them from marriage to non-Jews’[3].
Furthermore when a German-born Jew assassinated German diplomat- Ernst von Rath in Paris in 1938, this gave the Nazi’s and Hitler a good excuse to finally attack the Jewish