Nazi seizure of power

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constitutional crisis historical event political process

The Nazi seizure of power was the process in early 1933 by which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party dismantled Germany’s democratic institutions and established a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Surface form Occurrences
Nazi seizure of power in 1933 1
personal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional crisis ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political process ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Machtergreifung ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
endTime March 1933 ⓘ
followed Great Depression ⓘ
surface form: Great Depression in Germany

Weimar Republic political instability ⓘ
followedBy Hitler becoming Führer in 1934 ⓘ
Gleichschaltung ⓘ
surface form: Nazi consolidation of power

Night of the Long Knives ⓘ
hasEffect concentration of power in Adolf Hitler ⓘ
dismantling of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
end of parliamentary democracy in Germany ⓘ
establishment of Nazi dictatorship ⓘ
legal basis for totalitarian rule ⓘ
persecution of political opponents ⓘ
suspension of civil liberties ⓘ
hasPart Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
Gleichschaltung ⓘ
German federal election campaign of March 1933 ⓘ
surface form: March 1933 German federal election

Nazification of state institutions ⓘ
Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
Reichstag fire ⓘ
appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
banning of trade unions ⓘ
centralization of power in Berlin ⓘ
dissolution of other political parties ⓘ
establishment of one-party state ⓘ
purge of civil service ⓘ
suppression of political opposition ⓘ
languageOfAlternateName German ⓘ
legalBasis Enabling Act of 1933 ⓘ
Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
German states ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
mainSubject Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Nazi Party ⓘ
surface form: National Socialist German Workers' Party
opponent Centre Party (Germany) ⓘ
Communist Party of Germany ⓘ
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ
partOf history of Nazi Germany ⓘ
history of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
rise of Nazism ⓘ
significantEvent 23 March 1933 passage of the Enabling Act ⓘ
Reichstag fire ⓘ
surface form: 27 February 1933 Reichstag fire

Reichstag Fire Decree ⓘ
surface form: 28 February 1933 Reichstag Fire Decree

30 January 1933 appointment of Hitler as Chancellor ⓘ
startTime January 1933 ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ

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Wilhelm Frick → participantIn → Nazi seizure of power ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nazi seizure of power in 1933
Sturmabteilung → roleInEvent → Nazi seizure of power ⓘ
SA → significantEvent → Nazi seizure of power ⓘ
subject surface form: Sturmabteilung
Führer and Reich Chancellor → symbolOf → Nazi seizure of power ⓘ
this entity surface form: personal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler