7/26/2019 Hitler Had Fully Consolidated His Power by the End of 1933. How Far Do You Agree.

1/3

Student : Essay Planning Sheet TeacherQuestion

Hitler had fully consolidated his power by the end of 1933How far do you agree with this statement ?

Key Words and hrases in the !uestion

"ully consolidated

1933

Key issues to be discussed

#y the end of 1933 $ what was still to do ?

olitics and the state % totalitarianism

"ully consolidated & 1''(

)emember compare not describe

*udgement in the body of the essay as well as the conclusion

7/26/2019 Hitler Had Fully Consolidated His Power by the End of 1933. How Far Do You Agree.

2/3

+ine of ,rgument

oint line of arg -ontent

.ntroWhen Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor on 30 th January 30th1933 he promised to "protect the Constitution and laws of the Germanpeople" in reality he aspired to create a totalitarian state one where eerythin! is within the state nothin! outside it #$ussolini%&'his essay will consider how complete this national reolution was (y the end of 1933&

1/0idencethat they

hadcontrol ofthepoliticalsystem bythe end of1933

2n rst consideration yes % -ontrol of the political system and 4leichschaltung)n *3 $arch 1933 Hitler presented the +na(lin! ,ct to an intimidated -eichsta!. (rown shirted /, paced the pu(lic !allery& 'he-eichsta! passed laws which oted itself out of eistence& 'he communists were (arred from otin! after the -eichsta! 2ire& 'he power to

pass laws was now !ien to the Ca(inet and they could chan!e the constitution as they saw t& 'his (ou!ht Hitler four years of adictatorship&

Gleichschaltun! followed& 'his included the a(olition of.

The Lander. Under the orders of Frick all state governments were dissolved and ordered to reconvene with membership thatreected the recent elections from which the communists had been barred..

The trade unions were broken up in May 1!! " and replaced by #$F " the %erman Labour Front.

&ival political parties like the '(# and )(# were outlawed and others entered *voluntary+ li,uidation+. This was followed in -uly

by the *Law $gainst the Formation of ew (arties+4n addition5

/ducation was centralised with a a0i curriculum imposed from above.

&eich bishops controlled %ermanys Lutheran churches

)ocialist and communist newspapers were banned and all others controlled by %oebbels Ministry of (ropaganda

The Law for the &estoration of the (rofessional 2ivil )ervice 3$pril 1!!4 meant that -ews and political opponents of the a0iswere thrown out of the civil service.

Jud!ement

5/0idencethatopponents hadbeeneliminated by theend of1933

6se of brutalityandiolence/

7oreoer this control was secured with increasing brutality and iolence, decree in 6russia in 1933 resulted in the police (ein! reinforced (y 7olunteers8 the /,& ,fter the -eichsta! re the police were !ienthe powers to detain suspects indenitely without reference to the courts& 'he decree was used to :ustify the arrest5 imprisonment andoften torture of thousands of political opponents& 'he leader of the ;6< #+rnst 'halmann% was arrested on the 3rd $arch and *=5000political prisoners were in custody in 6russia alone (y the end of ,pril&

2ollowin! the $arch 1933 election the >a?is could start the process of destroyin! the political opposition and in $arch in @aaria Himmler#leader of the //% set up a concentration camp in

7/26/2019 Hitler Had Fully Consolidated His Power by the End of 1933. How Far Do You Agree.

3/3