Hitler ⇒ now had a majority → was not quite the 2/3 he needed to change the Weimar constitution. ⇒ wanted to introduce a new measure ⇒ enabling act. ⇒ would allow him to make and pass new laws⇒ without consulting Reichstag.
When time came to vote ⇒ only Hitler’s old enemies ⇒ SPD ⇒ voted against him Communists were in prison Many Reichstag members did not vote⇒ they were either injured or were intimidated by SA and SS. Catholic center party ⇒ decided to cooperate with Nazis. Enabling act was passed on 24th March.
Hitler was now effectively a dictator. ⇒ for the next 4 years ⇒ if he wanted a new law ⇒ he could just pass it. → there was nothing president Hindenburg or anyone else could do. Democracy in Germany ⇒ had ended.