1. A windowless room contains three identical ceiling rights, each containing an identical light bulb. Each light is connected to one of three switches outside of the room. Each bulb is switched off at present. You are outside the room, and the door is closed. You have one, and only one, opportunity to flip any of the external switches. After this, you can go into the room and look at the lights, but you may not touch the switches again. How can you tell which switch goes to which light?

2. Tick of the following in your History Planner

3. By the end of this lesson, everybody will be able to…
Describe the chronology leading up until Hitler becoming Chancellor in 1933
Explain the different reasons why Hitler was able to become Chancellor
Decide the main reason why Hitler was able to become Chancellor

4. How Hitler Became Chancellor
Complete a flow diagram from July Election of 1932 to the Enabling Act (24th March 1933)
Explain each step and how it links to the next
Include the following (I’ve deliberately not put them in the right order):
The Enabling Act
Hitler appointed Chancellor
Goebbels takes control of the media
Reichstag Fire
Reichstag election of July 1932
Kurt von Schleicher made Chancellor
Von Papen convinces Hindenburg that Hitler can be controlled
Reichstag elections March Nazis with support of Nationalist Party have a majority

5. How Hitler Became Chancellor
Reichstag election of July 1932
Nazi’s become largest single party (NOT overall majority) with 230/608 seats
This allows Hitler to ask Hindenburg if he can become Chancellor, but Hindenburg refuses
Von Papen carries on as Chancellor, with a lack of support (Hindenburg uses Article 48)
Von Papen calls an election for November 1932 on the basis of his lack of support
Nazi’s are still the largest party but lost their majority (funding is low, Hitler contemplates suicide)
Kurt von Schleicher made Chancellor
He is Von Papen’s rival
However, he is forced to resign because he too had a lack of support (it was clear that the Weimar system was crumbling)
Von Papen convinces Hindenburg that Hitler can be controlled
Hitler appointed Chancellor
Von Papen is made Vice Chancellor
Hitler calls for an election…
Add detail on how each leads to the other tomorrow.

6. How Hitler Became Chancellor
Reichstag Fire
27th February the Reichstag burns down…
Hitler blames the Communists (part of a wider uprising)
Van De Lubbe (Dutch Communist) confesses
Hitler uses special emergency powers to arrest Communists and break up their meetings
Reichstag elections March Nazis with support of Nationalist Party have a majority
Used to SA and SS to intimidate the Reichstag into passing…
The Enabling Act
Hitler can make laws without the support of the Reichstag
Only SPD vote against passing the Enabling Act
Catholics support on the grounds they will still be able to control Catholic Schools
Goebbels takes control of the media
Add detail on how each leads to the other tomorrow.

7. Removal of Opposition: For each one explain why they would help remove opposition
Communists arrested following the Reichstag Fire
Goebbels took control of all media
Enabling Act
SPD party banned
Civil Service, law courts and education all purged of Nazi opponents
Trade Unions banned
Law Against Formation of New Parties, Germany become a one-party state
Concordat (agreement) between state and Catholic Church

8. Communists arrested following the Reichstag Fire
Goebbels took control of all media
Enabling Act
SPD party banned
Civil Service, law courts and education all purged of Nazi opponents
Trade Unions banned
Law Against Formation of New Parties, Germany become a one-party state
Concordat (agreement) between state and Catholic Church

9. Night of the Long Knives 29th-30th June 1934
from
The Army feared that Rohm and the SA would take control of the army.
The Night of the Long Knives was in fact a weekend when:
Arrest and murder of 400 including Rohm and other leading members of the SA (accused of plotting to assassinate Hitler), along with von Schleicher and others who had opposed Hitler.
The Army the swore an oath to Hitler.
The SS dominated the SA

10. Der Fuhrer, August 1934
Soon after the Night of the Long Knives Hidenburg died
Hitler combined the roles of President and Chancellor
The army agreed to stay out of politics.
Hitler started a massive rearmament programme and introduced conscription.
Hitler controlled government, media and the armed forces.
Focus task P80