Enabling Act Holocaust

Major Events Between 1933 and 1939 that Affected the Holocaust

Enabling Act of 1933

One of the final nails in the coffin of Jewish Germans was the Enabling Act. The Enabling Act or more formally known as the “Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich” (“The Enabling Act”, par. 1). was a law passed by the Nazi Party enabling Hitler to have all power of the government in his authority. With all power in Hitler's hands and absolutely no one that could stop him with contradictory political power and influence he could do almost everything as he wanted and forward his plans of genocide and hate onto the Jewish people. On March 23 1933 the Enabling Act was passed with 444 Reichstag Deputies in favor and only ninety-four opposed. “All those

The law also gave himself complete power over new laws that he or other Nazi officials created with no way for any veto from other political groups. “Shortly after the bill became law, Joseph Goebbels wrote that Hitler now had full power to push Germany forward”(The Enabling Act, par. 7). This statement was true, because of the unlimited power Hitler could pass any anti-Jewish law he wished and could not be stopped by the Reichstag Deputies.
In summary it is clear to see how Hitler's rise to power was not at all militarized or done through revolt, however it was a completely well organized assault first on politics in Germany that opened the door for the Nazi party to take power. Without the mischief and unacceptable corruption of the German political system done by the Nazis it could remain questionable whether or not Hitler and the Nazi party could have made such an effect on Jewish lives in Germany and for millions of other Jews as

During the nights of November Ninth and November Tenth 1938 German citizens took to the streets to burn, destroy, and loot Jewish temples, businesses, and homes. The Night of the Broken Glass is important because it is the turning point between organized anger from Germans to Jews to downright savagery and ruthlessness. Kristallnacht occurred November Ninth and Tenth, 1938 and was where many German citizens went out to burn, loot, and destroy all Jewish related buildings. The German government did not get involved and police officers and firemen were told to not go and help with the burning buildings of the mobs of anti-Jewish people harassing and beating Jews in their own homes and