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This speech marked Hitler's second appearance before the Reichstag after the Day of Potsdam and led to a parliamentary vote that, for an initial period of four years, suspended the separation of powers outlined in the Weimar Constitution, effectively abolishing democracy in Germany. [1] The Enabling Act came into effect one day later. [1]
In 1942, the Reichstag passed a law giving Hitler power of life and death over every citizen, effectively extending the provisions of the Enabling Act for the duration of the war. [31] At least two, and possibly three, of the penultimate measures Hitler took to consolidate his power in 1934 violated the Enabling Act.
Hitler also thought democracy was nothing more than a preliminary stage of Bolshevism. [132] Hitler believed in the leader principle (hence his title, the Leader, der Führer) and considered it ludicrous that an idea of governance or morality could be held by the people above the power of the leader.
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum quotes the following text as one of the many poetic versions of the speech: [2] [3] First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist.
Hitler, Adolf. "A Collection of Speeches in German" – via Internet Archive. Hitler, Adolf (23 May 2017). "The Fuhrer Answers Roosevelt (An Eher Verlag edition of Hitler's speech against FDR. Includes a short catalogue at the end.)". Zentralverlag der NSDAP, F. Eher Verlag – via Internet Archive. Hitler, Adolf.
Loosely based on William Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing, Anyone But You is chock-full of references to its source material that could be easily overlooked by the casual viewer.
Hitler: Speeches and Proclamations 1932–1945: The Chronicle of a Dictatorship is a 3,400-page book series edited by Max Domarus presenting the day-to-day activities of Adolf Hitler between 1932 and 1945, along with the text of significant speeches.