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Enabling Act of 1933

March 23, 1933 · Kroll Opera House, Berlin

German law of 23 March 1933 giving Chancellor Adolf Hitler's cabinet power to make and enforce laws without the Reichstag or President Paul von Hindenburg. By letting the chancellor override constitutional checks and balances, it was the pivotal step from the democratic Weimar Republic to the totalitarian Nazi dictatorship.

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Adolf Hitler head of state/government Hermann Göring Paul von Hindenburg Wilhelm Frick signatory, signed the act as Interior Minister Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk signatory, signed the act as Finance Minister Konstantin von Neurath signatory, signed the act as Foreign Minister

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