Hitler's Enabling Act On March 23, 1933, the newly elected members of the Reichstag met in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin to consider passing Hitler's Enabling Act. It was officially called the 'Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich.' If this bill would be passed, it would end democracy in Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. The Nazis had secretly caused confusion in order to create an atmosphere …showed first 75 words of 500 total…

…showed last 75 words of 500 total…of. Trade unions were liquidated and opposition clergy were arrested. The Nazi party had, as Hitler said, become the state. By August 1934, Hitler became commander-in-chief of the armed forces. This was in addition to being President and Führer of the German Reich, to whom every individual in the armed forces pledged unconditional obedience. The Reichstag was no longer a place for debate, but rather a cheering squad in favor of whatever Hitler might say.