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Enabling Act

Germany · Government / Weimar Republic. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1933

Paul von Hindenburg24 March 1933

Berlin · Government / Weimar Republic

Signs the Enabling Act after the Reichstag vote, allowing Hitler's cabinet to enact laws without Reichstag approval.

Names involved

Paul von Hindenburg

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