The history of Nazi Germany · 18 Apr 2026 · 13 min

Nazi Germany — The Enabling Act: legalizing dictatorship

On March 23, 1933, the German Reichstag voted to hand Adolf Hitler unlimited power — legally, willingly, and almost without resistance. This is the story of the Enabling Act and the day democracy died in Nazi Germany.

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Nazi Germany — The Enabling Act: legalizing dictatorship

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March twenty-third, nineteen thirty-three. The Kroll Opera House in Berlin.

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