Hitler and the Rise of Nazism
- Steps to power:
- 1928 - 12 members of Nazi party elected to Reichstag
- 1930 - 107 seats out of 647
- 1932 - 230 seats out of 647 which made them the largest party
- President Hindenburg refused to give Hitler the Chancellorship
- 1932 Nazis fall to 198 seats
- Hindenburg chooses Hitler as Chancellor as a tool against the Communists
- 1933 Feb.288 seats
- 1933 March Enabling Act
- Forms the Gestapo (secret police)
Summary
Hitlers brownshirts participated in the burning of the Reichstag which ultimately began a Communist Revolution. Hitler also becomes Chancellor in Germany, which he then forms the Gestapo and the March Enabling Act of 1933. The night of the long abled Hitler to receive 99.9 percent of the votes the following election.