1) What kind of leader did Hitler plan to be? Dictator!

2) Was Hitler President or Chancellor? Who was the only man in Germany more powerful than him? Hitler = Chancellor Hindenburg = President, i.e. more powerful than Hitler!

3) What happened in February 1933? The Reichstag Fire!

4) Which party was banned as a result? Communist Party was banned

5) What was the Enabling Law? This law gave Hitler the power to pass laws without going through the Reichstag (parliament) or the President. This would place all power in his hands!

6) What happened to all of Germany’s trade unions in May 1933? Trade Unions were banned and union leaders were arrested.

7) Which Nazi-controlled organisation replaced trade unions? The German Labour Front (DAF)

8) What else was banned in 1933? All political parties!

9) Who was the leader of the SA/Brownshirts? Rohm

10) What was the event when all the leaders of the SA were murdered, and in which year did it happen? The Night of the Long Knives!

11) What did Hitler do when Hindenburg died in 1934, and what title beginning with “F” did he give himself? Hitler made himself President as well as Chancellor He called himself the Fuhrer (supreme leader)

12) How did the army now show their loyalty to Hitler? The army took an oath of personal loyalty to Hitler. Hitler was now Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

13) What was the name of Hitler’s personal protection squad that was about to get much more powerful? The SS (Schutzstaffel)