1. How did Hitler turn the Chancellorship into a dictatorship by 1934?
The Rise of Hitler
How did Hitler turn the Chancellorship into a dictatorship by 1934?

2. Beer Hall Putsch and Jail
Hitler tries to overthrow the government and fails in the Beer Hall Putsch
Hitler is sent to prison for being a traitor
Hitler writes his famous book Mein Kampf (My Struggle) while in prison

3. Hitler Became Chancellor
January 1933
The economic depression of the 1930s made many more people vote for the Nazis. In 1933, politicians pressured Hindenburg (the President of Germany) that Hitler should become Chancellor.
Chancellors in Germany have more power than the President

4. Reichstag Fire February 1933 The Reichstag building burnt down.
A communist was found inside the building. He admitted responsibility.
Chancellor Hitler was able to convince people that the Communists were trying to take power by terrorism.
He was able to have the Communists banned from the Reichstag.

5. The Enabling Act
March 1933
Hitler uses the fear of Communism to pass the Enabling Act allowing him to rule for 4 years without needing permission to pass laws from the Reichstag
Hitler then uses
his power to ban
all other political
parties!!

6. Political Prisoners
Political prisoners were put in work camps run by Hitler’s enforcement squad – the S.S. (Schutzstaffel )

7. The Night of the Long Knives
June 1934
Hitler had to get rid of opposition in his own party
The SS killed over 1000 members of the other group (known as the Storm Battalion) including their leader, Ernst Rohm – a friend of Hitler’s!
Hitler gained a lot of support from
the military, since the military
disliked Rohm

8. President Hindenburg Dies
August 1934
President Hindenburg’s death gave Hitler the opportunity to combine the role of chancellor and president.
He called himself “Der Fuhrer”