Enabling Act of 1933 Did Away with Reichstag

Gargantuan murderous “Holocaust Project” could have been implemented under almost impenetrable veil of secrecy – otherwise joint actions by the outraged Christian Church (Catholic and Lutheran) and no less outraged general public would have sunk it – just as they sunk Aktion T4 (forced euthanasia).

Creating and maintaining such a veil of secrecy in a parliamentary republic was not possible – cut and dry, plain and simple. Hence, the Enabling Act of 1933 that for all practical purposes did away with German Reichstag (and the whole parliamentary republic) was a major step on the Road to Holocaust – and a heavy slab in the “stack of slabs” that triggered the “Holocaust Avalanche”.

The Enabling Act of 1933 (officially Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich), passed by the German Parliament on March 23, 1933 and signed into law by President Hindenburg on the same day, had an entirely different objective.

The situation in Germany was so dire that to bring it to some semblance of normality (let alone solve the existential problems facing Germany), it was necessary to essentially declare the state of emergency – giving all power to the government headed by Adolf Hitler (the only one who could do the job).

The Enabling Act gave the German Cabinet – most importantly, the Chancellor – the power to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or President Paul von Hindenburg. Making the German parliament redundant.

And thus made the second step (after the Reichstag Fire Decree) in transition from the democratic Weimar Republic to the totalitarian dictatorship of Nazi Germany. To the Third Reich. To Fuhrerstaat.

It was not the last step – the last one was made on August 2, 1934. On that day, German President Paul von Hindenburg died, clearing the way for Adolf Hitler to become Germany’s head of state with the title of F;hrer und Reichskanzler (leader and Chancellor of the German Reich). The Reichskanzler was eventually dropped.

This transformation was made possible by the Law Concerning the Head of State of the German Reich enacted by German cabinet (i.e., by Adolf Hitler). This law stated that upon Hindenburg’s death, the office of president would be abolished, and its powers merged with those of the chancellor.

The Enabling Act essentially declared state of emergency – initially for four years. It was renewed twice, first in 1937 and then in 1941. Its renewal by Reichstag was assured because all parties except NSDAP were banned.