Enabling Act of 1933
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The Enabling Act of 1933 was a law that gave the German Cabinet—most importantly, the chancellor, Adolf Hitler—the power to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or President
Hitler's Reichstag speech promoting the bill; Because of the Reichstag fire, the meeting was held at the Kroll Opera House
Enabling act of 1933 printed in the Reich Law Gazette
Page 1 of the Enabling Act
Page 2, with signatures
Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chan
Enabling Act of 1933
…Not von Volk und Reich lit. 'Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich') was a law that gave the German Cabinet—most importantly, the chancellor, Adolf Hitler—the power to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or President Paul von Hindenburg. By allowing the chancellor to override…
Formal portrait, 1938
Hitler (c. 1889–90)
Hitler's father, Alois, c. 1900
Hitler's mother, Klara, 1870s