Hitler's Effective Control Over Germany

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Hitler's Effective Control Over Germany From 1933 to 1945 the Nazi party of Germany ruled over the German population. The Nazis (National Socialist Party) were ruled by Adolf Hitler. The Nazis main aim was to make Germany into a stronger more powerful country and Hitler also led Germany into the destruction of the country by leading them into the Second World War. How was Hitler able to do this? What Methods were used to achieve control of the country? I intend to discuss all the factors that Hitler needed to take full control over Germany. Hitler was not a supporter of parliamentary democracy and wanted to make changes to the German constitution to give himself greater power. He needed a two-thirds majority in Reichstag to make such changes. His banning of the Centre Party and the Communist Party gave if him his majority. On 23rd March 1933 the Reichstag met to talk about the passing of the Enabling Law. This would then give Hitler the power to make laws without the consent of the Reichstag for a period of four years. This gave Hitler the legal framework to do what he wanted when he wanted In effect Hitler became the oppressor of Germany. Hitler received the majority that he needed, but to make sure that he got his way. He surrounded the building with Stormtroopers to intimidate those who wanted to vote against him. The Reichstag passed the law by 441 votes to 84, effectively voted itself out existence. The Reichstag hardly met and passed just four laws all with out voting. The only speeches made were by Hitler. The first law he made was an Anti-Jewish Law and Germany was given the starter of Nazi Control. An important of the Nazi Control of Germany was to use of propaganda. The People of Germany were bombarded with the party message to ensure that Hitler's routine had a lot of popular support. In 1933 the Ministry for People Enlightenment and Propaganda was set up under Joseph Gobbles. He saw his duty as passing on Hitler's thoughts.

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