Rudolf Breitscheid23 March 1933
Opposes the Enabling Act with the Social Democrats, rejecting the transfer of legislative power to Hitler's cabinet.
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Opposes the Enabling Act with the Social Democrats, rejecting the transfer of legislative power to Hitler's cabinet.
Votes against the Enabling Act as part of the Social Democratic opposition to Hitler's dictatorship.
Votes with the Social Democratic deputies against the Enabling Act despite Nazi intimidation around the Reichstag session.
Speaks against the Enabling Act, declaring that freedom and life can be taken, but honour cannot be taken.
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