Nazi Germany - The Consolidation of Power 1933-34

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Nazi Germany - The Consolidation of Power 1933-34

The Legal Revolution

1/ Von Papen felt able to boast to a friend following Hitler's appointment as Chancellor in January 1333 saying "In two months we'll have pushed Hitler into a corner so hard that he'll be squeaking" because he felt that he had limited Hitler's power in the government as there were only two other Nazi's in the government, and the President Hiddenburg was very weary of Hitler.

2/ Hitler's position was not as strong at the outset of his Chancellorship because there were only three Nazi's including himself, there others being Wilhelm Frick and Hermann Göring, in the government of nine members which made it very difficult for Hitler to get his own way. He also did not have the two-thirds majority that he required to make decision without the Reichstag. President Hiddenburg also openly resented Hitler.

3/ Despite not having a strong position at the start of Hitler's Chancellorship the Nazi's and Hitler did have many advantages. The Nazi party was the biggest in Germany and the policy of ignoring them had failed over the past year as it just lead to ineffective governments led