Jahrestag

March 23rd 1933 - Enabling Act

 

March 23rd 1933: With the vote of the Reichstag on the "Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Nation", the German democracy deprives itself of power, and gives way to Hitlers autocratic rule. The dictator could now independently conclude treaties and laws even if they were contrary to the constitution. The Social Democrats were the only ones who abstained from their vote and were subsequently hit by a wave of arrests. The basis for the terrors of the Nazi state for the repressive measures against political opponents as well as trade unions and racially undesirable people was the "Enabling Act".

Länge: 00:00:52 | O-Ton: nein | Farbe: s/w | Jahr: 1933 | Clip-ID: JHT000049E

 

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