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Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

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Jan 20, 2026
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What specific actions during Hitler’s first 100 days enabled his consolidation of power?

In the weeks after his appointment as chancellor on January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler and his allies moved swiftly to dismantle democratic constraints, exploit crises, and co‑opt institutions so that leg...

Feb 1, 2026

The Enabling Act of 1933 was intended to be in force indefinitely.

The was not written as an open-ended, perpetual statute: its text and contemporaneous reporting specified a time limit (four years) and tied its force to the sitting Reich government . Nonetheless, th...

Jan 20, 2026

How did Article 48 function in practice during the Weimar Republic and which decrees mattered most?

Article 48 was a constitutional emergency clause that allowed the Reich President to suspend civil liberties and issue binding decrees to restore public order; in practice it became a routine tool use...

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