...was the Reichstag Fire? On the night of the 27th of February, 1933, the Reichstag building in Berlin burned down in an act declared by the Nazi Party to be the inception of a widespread communist uprising. The Reichstag Fire, as it was called, can be observed as one of the most significant events in the formation of Nazi Germany through its pivotal role in the reduction of civil liberties of Germany’s citizens and the emergence of a near dictatorial regime within the Weimar Republic. The significance of the fire lies in its role as a catalyst towards effecting the power that the Nazi Party would hold throughout the 1930’s as a result of the various decrees and laws passed in response to it. There is little doubt that the party would have come to similar power with time, but by utilising the fire as part of a communist plot to overthrow the German government, Adolf Hitler created a political and social environment susceptible to his control. The direct consequences of the fire were great, both in terms of political gain and the restriction of rights for the Nazi party’s adversaries, which at that point was predominantly the communist community. These greater holds on power were provided chiefly through the instigation of the Reichstag Decree and the Enabling Act along with the utilisation of political alliances between the police force and the Nazi Party. To understand the resounding effect of the fire, the general political environment in Germany before the fire must be...
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...‘The Reichstag fire was more important than the Night of the Long Knives for Hitler’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. (10) Both the Reichstag Fire and the Knight of the Long Knives were of great importance to Hitler in hi journey towards his consolidation of power. Whereas one can be seen as the straw on the camels back to Hitler's consolidation, the other can be seen as the framework towards the final triumph. The Reichstag Fire was an important turning point in Hitler’s consolidation of power. This incident brought the Nazis many advantages and some disadvantages. When the police managed to enter the building they found a man named Marinus Van Der Lubbe, who was a Dutch communist. The fact that he was a communist enabled Hitler to use this against the communists and have 4,000 communist leaders imprisoned days before the elections. During this period of terror for Germany the police could do anything, more specifically the Nazi police. Hitler made the most out of this situation; he used the police to intimidate voters and to disrupt communist party meetings. The fact that a communist was found burning the Reichstag building made all of this possible for Hitler, although it has been argued that the Nazis might have started the fire and that Van Der Lubbe was framed for the crime. Shortly afterwards Van Der Lubbe was tried and executed. In addition, it allowed Hitler to persuade Hindenburg to pass the “Enabling Act”, which suspended all...
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...Was the Reichstag Fire more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to increase his power? Explain your answer. [10] The Reichstag Fire happened on 27th February, 1933. Inside the burning building was found a Dutch communist called Marinus van der Lubbe. He was accused for starting the fire in the Reichstag and was arrested, and after an unfair trial, he was executed. Hitler immediately blamed communists for this. He went to Hindenburg and persuaded him to pass a law called the “Emergency Decree”. This meant that the government were very powerful and that power was wide-ranged. It also took away civil rights and freedom, giving the police a lot of control. But the reason Hitler managed to convince Hindenburg to do this was because he said that this could be the start of a communist revolution which no one wanted. When the next elections took place, in March 1933, over 4 000 communists were arrested by the SA. They also shut down the communist newspaper, broke up any communists meetings and this could all happen because the Emergency Decree was around. Hitler had a lot of control at this point. He had power all over, especially in the police force. If there was someone he didn’t like then he could have them killed. He could do nearly anything he wanted and Hindenburg agreed as he didn’t want a communist attack either. The Enabling law was a part of the Weimar constitution that stated, if two thirds of the Reichstag agreed, that the...
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...‘The Reichstag Fire was more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power in 1933.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. Hitler consolidated power in 1933 through many events including the ‘Enabling Act’ and the ‘Reichstag Fire’, however historians argue that the enabling act was more important than the enabling act in aloowing the Hitler to consolidate power to some extent. The Reichstag Fire of February 27 1933 was more important than the enabling act because it allowed Hitler to suppress the biggest threat to the Nazi Party, The Communists. A communist named Van der lubbe was caught red handed with matches and fire lighting materials and hitler used this and claimed that Hindenburg was under threat by the communist party and so Hitler arrested most of his communist opposition and so this gave him the advantage in the election and win most of the seats. Due to the Reichstag fire and the idea of the communist being a threat to Hindenburg and the country, this allowed Hitler to start promoting this idea of communist being the worst for the country and so this links to Hitler getting the advantage in the elections, if he promotes this idea of the communist being this bad party for the country then the people would only have to vote for the next best thing which just so happened to be the Nazis. On the other hand the Reichstag fire didn't give Hitler the full control he needed to put forward his great plan of stopping...
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...put your creations online so that you or anyone in the world can access your masterpieces. Please share with the class any suggestions you have on how to make this project better. For the “You Are There”: Great Depression project, you will be in three groups of 4-5 people building a story on the following topics. Suggestions on who you might “interview” for the economic crisis are below: • Upon the American Stock market crash of 1929 o “Big Players’” Point of View: President Herbert Hoover, Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald, Leon Blum, President von Hindenburg, o “Man in the Street” Point of View: A member of the English House of commons, a member of the SS, a German Jew, a Russian worker • On the Scene Reporting- The Reichstag Fire, The Assassination of Sergei Kirov and the beginning of the Soviet Purges Your creative process should begin with a) a brainstorm where you discuss the issues and people you need to include in your story, b) research and preparation on these issues, and c) a “script” outline which your team can use to perform/present the entire 7-10 presentation non-stop. You do not need to script out exactly what you are...
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...It could be argued that from the very beginning, the Nazi regime utilised terror in order to keep control and order within Germany. However, it is equally arguable that the Nazi party only gained control in 1933, because they were the most popular party within the Reichstag with 43.9% of the votes, and so depended upon maintaining this popularity throughout their regime. Source 4, from Robert Gellately argues that the vast majority of ordinary German citizens had ‘no direct confrontation’ with agents of the terror, such as the Gestapo, and rumours of the terror were merely gossip spread by word of mouth and therefore this contributed to the Nazi regime maintaining a high level of popularity on which it could depend. On the other hand, source 5 by Richard Evans, completely contradicts this claim, and argues that the terror was experienced by everyone and was the means on which the Nazis depended to retain absolute control. To Evans, the Nazi regime was a ‘pervasive atmosphere of fear and terror’ by which control was maintained over the German population. However, due to the terrifying extent of cooperation with agents of the terror- post office workers, social services and even doctors and nurses all informed on those who did not fit in- it is arguable that perhaps there was a large amount of popularity for the regime as ordinary German citizens wanted to contribute. It is possible that the people were informing on each other for self-preservation from the terror, but it is equally...
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...Hitler’s consolidation of power, numerous events made it easier for his political goals to be achieved, one of them was the Reichstag Fire of November 1933. For some historians, the Fire is seen as the preeminent occurrence for the Nazis consolidation of power, others argue the importance of other crucial events. This coursework thesis will investigate to what degree the burning of the Reichstag and the associated Decree for the Protection of the People and the State’.could be considered the deciding moment when Hitler consolidated Nazi authoritarian dictatorial power. This thesis is based on the decision of the Naizis to use the burning of the Reichstag as a launching pad to eliminate their perennial rivals, the communist. As compared and contrasted with other events such as the Depression, the Chancellorship, ‘Night of the Long Knives’, the Enabling Act and the overall failures of the Weimar Republic. The Reichstag Fire had an extreme impact upon Hitler’s consolidation to power as it allowed the Nazis to confirm that the international doctrine of, Bolshevism, controlled by the aspirations of the USSR were attempting to seize power over Germany, and the world. Thus Bolshevism were not only attempting to seize power over Germany but the world. In...
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...Essay on Hitler’s rise to power. Germany was in an exceedingly unpleasant state after the WWL. The Treaty of Versailles, to take full blame for the war, had forced it. This meant that Germany would have to pay reparations for all of the other countries. Reparations were even harder to pay since Germany was in the midst of one of the worst stagflation epidemics in history. Not to mention a brand new government, one that had nothing to do with the signing of this treaty, had taken over power. All of the people of this once superpower of a country was in a state of perplexity because they had lost a war at had been fought entirely on enemy soil. Germany was searching for an answer to its insurmountable problems, and found that answer in a Nazi named Adolf Hider. Hitler was born in Austria, into a troubled house. He had aspirations of becoming an artist, but those subsided when he was rejected from the college of art he planned on attending. He had started listening to a man named Lueger who was at that time the mayor of Vienna. Lueger was a Nazi, with strong anti-Semitic views, which seemed to be a logical answer for Hider and his problems. It was around this time that Hitler was drafted by the army. Instead of going to fight for his country, he chose to flee to Germany. Which is a bewildering thought seeing as how he voluntarily joined the German army when he got there. After the war, Hider joined up with a right wing campaign whose job was to spy on other government groups...
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...anything to be able to gain more power over German. Hitler used his violent ways to be able to intimidate people voting so they would vote for the Nazi Party. During the election on the 5th of May in 1933, the Nazis used the police and the SA to pressure on their political opponents. Many opponents of the Nazis were killed and even more were injured. The use of his extravagant ways violence, Hitler was able to scare people into voting him and this meant the increase of votes for the Nazi party which increased Hitters power over Germany. External Factors of the Nazis were a big impact on Hitler being able to increase his power over Germany. 27th of February there was the Reichstag Fire. This was when the Reichstag building was burn down. A Dutch communist was found in the burning building as was accused of the whole fire. Hitler used this evidence to help persuade people to vote for him because it made the communist look like they were plotting against Germany. This lead to Hitler being able to have emergency powers. He also banned meeting held by their political opponents and closed down all their newspapers. The increase in the amount of people thinking that communists were plotting against Germany, meant that many people wanted to side with the Nazi party increasing his power as his amounts of votes would of increased. On the 2nd of August 1934 Hindenburg died. Due to his death, Hitler took it into his own hands and makes himself President as well as Chancellor. He took the title...
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...SA, and if united, the army behind him, Röhm would pose a genuine threat to Hitler. All these reasons led to Hitler ordering the Night of the Long Knives. By doing so, the SA were removed as a threat, as their soldiers either joined the SS, led by the loyal Heinrich Himmler, or the German army. The army were so grateful to Hitler, that following President Hindenburg’s death, they swore an oath of personal loyalty to Hitler. It also showed any rivals that Hitler would deal with opposition ruthlessly, even within his own party. The Enabling Act was crucial in strengthening Hitler’s position as Chancellor. Following the Reichstag Fire in February and the new elections that followed, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act in March 1933, whereby Hitler could now pass any law without going through the German parliament. Hitler now had dictatorial powers, and the Reichstag had virtually voted...
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...The word fire is defined by webster as the phenomenon of combustion manifested in light, flame, and heat. What this definiton does not tell you is how dangerous a fire can be if you are not aware of its capability to spread and grow rapidly. Fires can be very dangerous and harmful. It is important to education each other as much as possibe to help prevent injries or deadly accidents. There are four stages that happen in every fire. Those stages are Incipient, Growth, Fully Developed, and Decay. Each stage plays a role in every fire. Understanding each stage, and how to handle or prevent it is critical in becoming in control of a fire. Flameovers and backdrafts are not consider stages, but also are definitely factors of a fire. These factors sometimes can be prevented. Some methods of prevention are taugh at fire academies, or fire schools, to new firefighters, and are constistly being developed. Incipient, also know as the "ignition" stage, is the first stage of a fire. In this stage smoke may began before the fire actually flames up. This is the stage where heat, oxygen, and a fuel source combine to ignite the fire. At this stage it can be controlled by a household fire extinguinsher. Growth is the second stage of a fire. With the initial flame used as a heat sourse, more flames flare up. Flaring up makes the size of the fire increase and the plume reaches the ceiling. In a room hot gases meet at the celing of the roomwhich cause all fuels in that room...
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...Discuss the possible damage with short term and long-term complications of a firefighter inhaling heated air and in respiratory distress. Prioritize the necessary interventions to stabilize the patient. Then discuss an in-depth plan of care for recovery. Smoke inhalation is known as the leading cause of death due to fires. Firefighters are trained to recognize the dangerous short-term effects of smoke exposure caused by carbon monoxide and tiny particles absorbed into the lungs. The inhalation of heated air produces injury through several mechanisms, including thermal injury to the upper airway, irritation or chemical injury to the airways from soot, asphyxiation, and toxicity from carbon monoxide. In most cases firefighters can wear devices...
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...During the unloading process at the HLF Polyurethane Manufacturing plants, a vapor return line ruptured causing a fire. This is due to a nearby welding operations at gave the vapor a point of ignition. The product that was being delivered to the manufacturing plant was toluene diisocyanate (TDI), and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI), which are products used in the production of polyurethane. Once the fire was recognized the alarm was sounded and the emergency response team was notified. The fire department was notified and the command area was establish and the emergency response plan was put into action by the incident commander. The emergency response team was not able to isolate the source, ultimately turning over the incident command and control of the fire to the fire department upon their arrival (Meyer, 2014). Two of the hazardous material that are used to manufacture polyurethane is toluene diisocyanate (TDI), and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI). Toluene diisocyanate contains a list of hazard that can be identified on the Safety Data Sheet, it is extremely toxic of inhaled, it is considered a carcinogen, and can cause skin reactions....
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...chance to start a fire. Other factors than can contribute to the starting of a fire are a campfire, the sun itself, lightning, and hot winds. National Geographic also says that four out of every five fires are started...
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