the process of aligning an institution with nazi leaders
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why was the enabling act so important for hitler?
it allowed him to pass laws without the reichstag which allowed him to establish a dictatorship
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what was operation hummingbird?
night of the long knives
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what does monocratic mean?
complete political control given to one person
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what does polycratic mean?
ruled by a group of people
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how was the nazi state structured?
hitler has complete power but he delegates most day-to-day tasks to other nazi officials
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when were the lander abolished?
april 1933
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what was the hitler myth?
hitler was a superhuman and the only person who could restore Germany to what it had once been - that he couldn't make mistakes and that he was the perfect man
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why did the day of Potsdam occur?
to mark the reopening of reichstag after reichstag fire and used as a propaganda campaign
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what does machtergreifung mean?
seizure of power / rise to power
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who were the gauleiter?
those in charge of the new nazi lander (gau)
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why did hitler purge the SA?
to pacify the army elites because they were getting too powerful, he saw rohm as a threat, because he was receiving pressure to do something
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why was they Marburg speech significant?
last official speech against nazis. night of the long knives happened right after. showed people what hitler was capable of, wouldn't attempt anything like that again.
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what is a prerogative state?
an exclusive right bestowed on a state (Germany) on an individual (hitler), separate from the body of rights under the general law.
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was hitler a non-interventionist dictator?
yes. normally he left other people too make decisions except in foreign policy, and only intervened if they couldn't sort out their problems.
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