Spectators cheer as Hitler leaves for the Reichstag
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The Enabling Act

The Enabling Act allowed the Reich government to issue laws without the consent of Germany’s parliament, laying the foundation for the complete Nazification of German society. The law was passed on March 23, 1933, and published the following day. Its full name was the “Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Reich.”

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Explore a timeline of events that occurred before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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How and why was the Holocaust possible?