Explain how the following together contributed to Hitler's effective control over Germany 1933-1945:- i) The enabling law, ii) the use of propaganda iii) Education, women and youth organisations

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Explain how the following together contributed to Hitler’s effective control over Germany 1933-1945:- i) The enabling law, ii) the use of propaganda iii) Education, women and youth organisations by Mahmoud Elsherif

After Hitler had become chancellor, he was ‘over the first obstacle’, so to say. However, Hitler’s victory as a representative depended upon how properly he could seize the successful control over Germany.

The enabling law was extremely important to Hitler successful control of Germany. In March 1933 the Reichstag met at the Kroll Opera House, the Reichstag building had been burnt down to a cinder earlier that year. The communists were prohibited and the socialists were not in attendance, either out of terror or because they had escaped Germany. The building was encircled by the SS and inside by the SA troops, designed to threaten the opponents. The enabling law was approved. This law had many outcomes.

The act stated that:

Article 1… The Reich Cabinet is authorised to enact laws.

Article 2… The laws enacted by the Reich Cabinet may deviate from the Constitution…

Article 3 The laws enacted by the Reich Cabinet shall be prepared by the Chancellor… They come into effect, unless otherwise specified, upon the day following their publication…

Article 5 This law comes into effect on the day of this publication. It ceases to be valid on 1 April 1937…

    These new laws were successful and that meant Hitler was free to make new laws without asking the German Constitution at all. As a product of this act being passed Hitler was able to eradicate any resistance to the Nazi Party, and the Reichstag ceased to be concerned to run the country. There were many other penalties of the enabling law. After, achieving liberty from the Reichstag, Hitler subordinated the state regime to Berlin, appointing governors.

    Propaganda was vital for Hitler: he needed to strengthen his policies and guarantee that the community understood them completely. He is quoted as saying: “The understanding of the masses is very limited; their intelligence is small… as a result, all effective propaganda must be limited to a few points and must harp on these slogans until the last member of the public understands.” Hitler thus made certain that Nazi propaganda did just this, and it was modified so it appealed to all social groups. Joseph Goebbels was put in control over Nazi propaganda, and was very flourishing.

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    The Nazi community was based on “ ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer” (one people, one nation, one leader). This motto was broadly used all through Germany, and was used to fortify communities together. Another of Hitler’s main motto was “Blut und Boden” (blood and soil), and the Nazis used posters and other types of propaganda used the motto to advance ‘peasant virtue’, meaning an old trend, straightforward country way of life. German artists decorated gorgeous images of peasants working in the countryside settings, and rural scenes which revealed the rural communities “in tune with nature”. Many posters ...

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