March 5, 1933: The Election That Destroyed German Democracy
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Hitler’s rise to power
In January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor (head of government) of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg, despite having lost the presidential election to Hindenburg in April 1932 by a margin of 6 million votes out of 36.8 million.
Hitler’s party, the National Socialists (Nazis), had secured the largest share of seats in the 600-seat Reichstag (German parliament) in the 1932 legislative elections.
Hindenburg dissolved the Reichstag at Hitler’s request, setting new elections for March 5, 1933, which Hitler framed as a referendum on his leadership.
He aimed to win an absolute majority of 51% to govern without forming a coalition, a goal he believed his local operatives, called Gauleiters, could achieve.
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