and establish a totalitarian regime in Germany. His use of propaganda to create a shroud

of insecurity around the Social Democratic government of the 1920s allowed the National

Socialist German Workers’ (Nazi) Party (N.S.D.A.P.) to gain a foothold as a political

party. Hitler’s uncanny ability as an orator and the presence of the his milita, the

Sturmabteilung (S.A.) oppressed and confronted the N.S.D.A.P.’s enemies. Through the

presentation of military might at rallies, Hitler quashed those in opposition either

physically or with the threat of violence. The power Hitler ultimately used against the

German people was because of the Enabling Act which granted him supremacy over the

established constitution. The passage of the Act led to a one party system in which the

Nazi party legally became a totalitarian regime. The Act also paved the way for Hitler’s

secret police the Schutzstoffel (S.S.) to be formed. Under the command of Henrich

Himmler all political opponents, real or imagined were promptly arrested and held

without trial. Prison camps were created to hold the ever increasing numbe

communications, the army and the economy, and was lead by a single man. If ever there

Act, his use of secret police, and his establishment of concentration camps, Hitler

were treasonous and subject to death.

votes of the Social Democrats. Hitler had now legally established himself as the sole,

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