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- 1920 Hitler joined the German Workers party (Anti-Weimar Republic)
- he soon became its keader
- Changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI)
- This party created the brownshirted S.A led by Ernst Rohn a paramilitary force designed after Mussolini's blackshirts
- 1928-33, 12 Nazis are elected to the Reichstag
- HItler's henchmen
- Used through the late 20's and early 30's to harass unmercifully
- Led by Ernst Rohn
- After Hitler is elected many are appointed auxiliary police
- Hitler bullies (with the help of the brownshirts) the Reichstag fire election
- Allowed Hitler to pass laws with consulting the Reichstag
- 30 June 1924 those killed wew:
- Any would bbe interal hallengers were murdered
- Ernst Rohn leader of S>A
- all socialists, whom he'd only adopted for electoral reasons
- He declared the Shutzstaffel (S.S) had conducted the murders proudly and was congratulated by Hindenburg
- A month later Hindenburg dies and an "election"
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Summary
Hitlers rise to power was all through election. He was first voted as chancellor and most of Germans liked his stance on political and economical beliefs. The last election to become president was rigged. He won by 99.9% and continued to give himself all the power through the enabling act.
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"I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature." -Hitler
Subjunctive Question
If the president at the time used his power to stop Hitler from "cheating" in election, would that have stopped the rise of fascism in germany?