24: The Third Reich Pt. 10 - The Enabling Act

History of the Second World War

Wesley Livesay

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In the aftermath of the Reichstag Fire, the scheduled election would be held in Germany. The results were surprising, but it did not prevent the Nazi leaders from moving forward with the next part of their plan, the Enabling Act. Website Patreon Twitter Facebook Discord Email: historyofthesecondworldwar@outlook.com Sources The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans Germany and the Second World War Volume 1: The Build-Up of German Aggression by Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann, and Wolfram Wette Hitler: A Biography by Ian Kershaw The Third Reich by Thomas Childers The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer France and the Remilitarization of the Rhineland, 1936 by Stephen A. Schuker The First Capitulation: France and the Rhineland Crisis of 1936 by R.A.C. Parker (1956) France, Germany, and the Saar by A.J.P. Taylor (1952) The Franco-Polish Alliance and the Remilitarization of the Rhineland by George Sakwa French Intelligence and Hitler's Rise to Power by Peter Jackson Great Britain and the Saar Plebiscite of 13 January 1935 by C.J. Hill Hitler, Intelligence and the Decision to Remilitarize the Rhine by Zach Shore Hitler's Thirty Days to Power: January 1933 by Henry Ashby Turner Jr. Prologue to Peacekeeping: Ireland and the Saar, 1934-35 by Michael Kennedy Fantasy and Reality in Nazi Work-Creation Programs, 1933-1936 by Dan P. Silverman Franz von Papen, the German Center Party, and the Failure of Catholic Conservatism in the Weimar Republic by Larry Eugene Jones Causes and Consequences of the Plebiscite in the Saar by E.W (1955) The Purge of the SA Reconsidered: "An Old Putschist Trick"? by Eleanor Hancock The Remilitarization of the Rhineland and its Impact on the French-Polish Alliance by Roman D. Bicki (1969) Rohm and Hitler: The Continuity of Political-Military Discord by David Jablonsky The German Roman Catholic Hierarchy and the Saar Plebiscite of 1935 by Guenter Lewy (1964) Saar Coal After Two World Wars by O.R. Reischer Schacht's Regulation of Money and the Capital Markets by Arthur Schweitzer (1948) The Myth of Chancellor Von Schleicher's Querfront Strategy by Henry Ashby Turner Jr. The Struggle for Control of the German Economy by Amos E. Simpson The Nazi State and German Society: A Brief History with Documents by Robert G. Moeller Franz von Papen, Catholic Conservatives, and the Establishment of the Third Reich, 1933-1934 by Larry Eugene Jones Franz von Papen, the German Center Party, and the Failure of Catholic Conservatism in the Weimar Republic by Larry Eugene Jones British Establishment Perspectives on France, 1936-1940 by Michael Dockrill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.2	Part 10, The Enabling Act.
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1:16.5	In the days before the March 1933, German national elections, tensions in Germany were high.
1:20.1	After the Reichstag fire and the resulting Reichstag fire decree,
1:23.7	the official suppression of the German Communist Party had begun,
1:27.6	and all over Germany the SA and the police would work together to arrest them by the thousands. The elections were critical to the plans of the government, and as a result
1:32.8	for the future of Germany, in one very specific way. As part of the initial discussions
1:37.8	between Hitler, Poppin, Huggenberg, and others within the government, they had agreed that
1:42.4	after the election they would put forward
1:44.3	legislation that would seek to solve the political issues that Germany had been experiencing
1:49.0	during the previous years. Now, of course, when I say solve, that does not mean that they would
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