National Studies GERMANY 1918 – 1939 Nazism in Power Role of Terror and Repression 2 Enforcing Compliance By S. Angelo Head Teacher History East Hills.

National StudiesGERMANY 1918 – 1939

Nazism in PowerRole of Terror and Repression

2Enforcing Compliance

ByS. Angelo

Head Teacher HistoryEast Hills Girls Technology High

School2009

LegislationReichstag Fire Decree Decree for the Protection of the German People28 February 1933

• Freedom of expression, press, assembly, association suspended

• Indefinite detention without court order

• Violations to postal, telegraphic, telephone privacy

• Increased police powers – house searches, confiscations, restrictions on property rights

• This decree formed the basis of the Nazi repression

Enabling Act Act for the Removal of Distress from People and Reich23 March 1933

• Reich cabinet can enact laws

• National laws may deviate from Constitution

• Laws prepared by the Chancellor

• Laws come into effect the day after publication

Gleichschaltung -Controlling All Aspects of Life

Laws 1933• April 7: Law for the Co-

ordination of the States with the Reich

• May 2: The German Labour Front – Ley

• June : Ministry for Public Enlightenment & Propaganda

• July 14: Law against the Establishment of New Parties

• Sept: Reich Chamber of Culture

• Editorial Law

Laws 1934• Jan 30: Law for the

Reconstruction of the Reich

• Feb 14: Law for the Abolition of the Reichsrat

• June 29/30: Elimination of SA leadership

• July 3: Law Concerning Measures Taken in Defence of the State

• Aug 1: Law Concerning the Sovereign Head of the German Reich

Party Membership

National movement

5.3 million members in 1939

Members represented all walks of life

8 million members by 1945

People joined to get jobs; expediency

Leadership = male white collar workers

Leadership = craft/working class

Organised into hierarchy parallel to state

Army & SS

Nazi Subsidiary OrganisationsPolitical Organisations

NS Factory Organisation

NS Women’s Organisation

NS Teacher’s Organisation

NS Doctor’s Organisation

NS Lawyer’s Organisation

NS Welfare Organisation

Propaganda Offices

Hitler Youth

Reich Labour Service

Hitler Youth Organisation