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The Nazis Seize Power: Dictatorship
and the Beginnings of Persecution
On 30 January 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich
Chancellor at the head of a coalition government.
Although the ministers from the NSDAP formed a
minority in this government, Hitler was now able to
extend his power without any notable resistance.
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The Reichstag fire of 27 February
1933, the cause of which has never
been satisfactorily explained, allowed
Hitler to su s pend basic rights. The
Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February
1933 mar ked the beginning of a wave
of persecution of previously unknown
proportions, to which numerous opponents
of the Nazis in Munich fell victim.
The passing of the Malicious Practices
Act on 21 March 1933 and the Enabl ing
Act on 23 March 1933 reinforced the
foundations for Nazi policies of injustice,
which soon revealed the regime’s true
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