Ludwig Kaas
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Ludwig Kaas was a German Catholic priest who led the Centre Party during Hitler's rise to power in the Weimar Republic, where he played a key role in supporting the Enabling Act that transformed Germa
Kaas c. 1928
Kaas c. 1919
1930 Zentrum electoral poster featuring Kaas (bottom right)
Kaas speaks before the Reichstag, 1930
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
Ludwig Kaas
…a German Catholic priest who led the Centre Party during Hitler's rise to power in the Weimar Republic, where he played a key role in supporting the Enabling Act that transformed Germany into a totalitarian dictatorship. Alongside Eugenio Pacelli, his longtime friend, he was instrumental in brokering the…
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