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===Hitler as Chancellor===
With the Nazis as the largest party in the Reichstag, Hitler was the Chancellor, but this meant he worked alongside the President, Hindenburg. Hitler wanted complete control of Germany; he wanted to remove democracy and choice from the German people and make Germany a totally National Socialist nation. Within the German Cabinet were three Nazi members: Hitler was named chancellor, Wilhelm Frick Minister of the Interior, and Hermann Göring Minister of the Interior for Prussia. However, this wasn't enough for Hitler. On 27 Februrary 1933, the Reichstag burned down under suspicious circumstances. Dutch Communist Marinus van der Lubbe was found near the building and is blamed for the fire, however some historians today still argue that it was in fact the Nazis who burned down the Reichstag. Under encouragment from Hitler, Hindenburg passed with the Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February, which suspended basic rights and allowed detention without trial in Germany. The decree was allowed by Article 48 of the [[Weimar Constitution]], which gave the president the ability in emergencies to protect public safety and order. The German Communist Party (KPD) was heavily supressed, and some 4,000 KPD members were arrested in the following months. Hitler's next step was the killer blow; passing the [[Enabling Act]], which would allow him to pass laws in Germany, even ones which defied the constitution, for 4 years - without the permission of the Reichstag. This bill would effectively give Hitler singular control of Germany. The Enabling Act needed 2/3 of the Reichstag to vote for it to pass, and Hitler was helped by the 81 Communist (KPD) members of the Reichstag being arrested, under the provisions of the Reichstag Fire Decree. On 23 March 1933, the day of the vote for the [[Enabling Act]], the Kroll Opera House where the vote was taking place was filled with [[SA]] soldiers, heavily intimidating all non-Nazi politicians, likely to the point of forcing many to vote for the bill. The Enabling Act passed by an overwhelming majority of 441-84 and Hitler, for the first time, held true power over Germany.
===Hitler as Fuhrer===
Now Hitler controlled two key branches of government, the executive and the legislative, the Nazi Party began solidifying their own power. The Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Nazi's largest opposition, was banned and its assets seized. On 2 May 1933, all [[Trade Unions]] were forced to dissolve in Germany and many Union leaders were sent to the first [[Concentration Camps]]. On 14th July 1933, the Nazi Party was confirmed as the only legal political party in Germany, completely removing all legitimate opposition to the party. Nearly a year later, 30 June 1934, the [[Night of the Long Knives]] saw Hitler completely change the leadership of the [[SA]], with former allies such as [[Ernst Rohm]] and Gregor Strasser being murdered. The final step to total power over Germany for Hitler was the death of President Hindenburg on 2 August 1934. The day before, with Hindenburg's death clearly imminent, the Nazi cabinet had passed the "Law Concerning the Highest State Office of the Reich". This said that when Hindenburg died, the office of president would be abolished and its powers combined with the chancellor. This made Adolf Hitler the German head of state as well as head of government, and with this role he adopted the name [[Fuhrer]], meaning leader. For Hitler, this removed the last legal method by which he could lose power.
===Hitler controlling Nazi Germany===
===Hitler's Role in [[Second World War One]]===
===Hitler's Death===