Ermächtigungsgesetz

GPTKB entity

Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:German
gptkbp:category gptkb:Weimar_Republic
1933 in law
Nazi Germany laws
gptkbp:dateEnacted 23 March 1933
gptkbp:duration 4 years
gptkbp:effect enabled Hitler's dictatorship
suspended constitutional checks and balances
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historicalSignificance key step in Nazi consolidation of power
marked the end of the Weimar Republic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ermächtigungsgesetz
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:locationEnacted gptkb:Berlin
gptkbp:notablePublication Article 1: Laws enacted by the government may deviate from the constitution
Article 4: The law takes effect on the day of promulgation
Article 5: The law expires after four years unless renewed
Article 2: Laws enacted by the government are issued by the Chancellor
Article 3: Treaties with foreign states do not require Reichstag approval
gptkbp:notVotedBy gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Gesetz_zur_Behebung_der_Not_von_Volk_und_Reich
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany
gptkb:Otto_Wels
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:purpose to give the German Cabinet the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
gptkb:Enabling_Act_(English_translation)
gptkbp:renewable 1937
1939
1943
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Allied_Control_Council
1945
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Paul_von_Hindenburg
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Enabling_Act_of_1933
gptkbp:votedForBy gptkb:Centre_Party
gptkb:Nazi_Party
gptkb:German_National_People's_Party
gptkb:Bavarian_People's_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gesetz_zur_Behebung_der_Not_von_Volk_und_Reich
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6