Talk:Enabling Act of 1933/Archive 1

message: For the benefit of EffK, who inserted this again, I will explain the problems with this section:
The Centre Leader , Kaas , got a letter from Hindenburg commending his support of Hitler ."I wish to assure you that the Chancellor has expressed his willingness , even without formal constitutional obligations , to take measures based on the Enabling Act only after consultation with me . These words , honestly meant , momentarily reassured the betrayed Centre Party Germany . The majority of Germans were eager to be reassured and those who did not rush to join the NSDAP gave support in less overt ways . Civil servants and bureaucrats  , (no different from bureaucrats in other lands) stayed at their posts to keep the machinery of government running smoothly as if the most conservative party had won .
:The Hindenburg part is on-topic (and might be included), but it is not completely accurate and NPOV. Who says, these words were honestly meant? Given the rest of the evidence, neither Kaas nor Centre Party were reassured by these words, as they didn't hope in the ailing President before the passing of the act. Also, the focus on one party is out of place. The rest is not quite on-topic.
A number of intellectual  and literary figures figures vaunted this regeneration of Germany . These included the philosophers Krieck and Bäumler , the poets Bluck and Binding , and Germany's most distinguished dramatist , Gerhard Hauptmann who several weeks later hung a Swastika out of his window , and later assured [Harold Nicolson]] that Germany would "liberate itself" as Italy had done .
:Has absolutely nothing to do with the EA.
After the Enabling Act, the KPD and SPD were outlawed, whereas other parties dissolved themselves. On July 14, 1933 a law prohibited the foundation of new political parties.  Accedance of the  Centre Party to the Act  and their own later dissolution are noted in the leading histories  as the result of  intimidation and / or quid pro quo . In his opening speech Hitler had in sarcasm shouted " I do not want your votes . Germany will be free , but not through you , Do not mistake us for the bourgeoisie . The star of Germany is in the ascendant , yours is about to disappear, your death knell has sounded ." 
:The first part is already included. The quid-pro-quo passage again out of place pet issue pushing (it is included in Kaas and Centre Party. Here, we don't have sections on any distinct party and its motives). The Hitler quote might be useful, if properly put in context. For the moment I will insert another quote (or maybe the same? - mine is from a campaign speech).
In the succeeding  months to  the July Rechskonkordat,  in which Hitler   found  approbation and recognition from the Holy See ,  the  princes of the Church curried Hitler's favour (John Toland  Adolf Hitler 1977 p 315 ). Monsignor Ludwig Kaas himself announced that Hitler knows how to guide the ship . Even before he became Chancellor I met him frequently and was greatly impressed by his clear thinking , by his way of facing realities while upholding his ideals , which are noble....it matters little who rules , so long as order is maintained "  . And on the 10  April Pope Pius XI had himself  welcomed  Hitler's representatives  most graciously and remarked how pleased he was that the German Government now had at it's head a man uncompromisingly opposed to Communism and Russian nihilism in all its forms" [von Papen ,in  Toland p 315 ]. The vatican was so appreciative of being recognised as a full partner that it asked God to bless the Reich . On a more practical level , it ordered German Bishops to swear allegiance to the National Socialist regime . The new oath concluded with these significant words : "In the performance of my spiritual office and in my solicitude for the welfare and the interest of the German Reich , I will endeavour to avoid all detrimental acts which might endanger it'. [ibid ,p 316] . 
:Again, this is off-topic and pet issue pushing, all along filled with POV language.
The Reichstag  success also brought into the open a number of industrialists who had supported Hitler  , and unlimited credit was extended to the regime in the form of Mefo bills ( Metall-Forschungsgesellschaft A.G.) which could be drawn by Government contractors , that acted  as a form  of promissary notes  and which allowed Hitler to re-arm on a large scale .
:Nonsense. The Reichstag did not bring industrialists into the open. That was historical research years laters. Then, they stayed behind the scenes. And neither this nor Mefo have anything to do with the EA. Str1977 09:36, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Stuff moved over from article, clearly off topic

message: From Hindenburg the Wooden Titan by ,then,later Sir John W. Wheeler-Bennett Macmillan 1936 p 448:
:I am glad to be able to confirm that the Chancellor has given me assurance that, even without being formally obliged by the Constituion, he will not use the power conferred on him by the Enabling Act without first having consulted me. In this connection I shall always endeavour to secure our intimate co-operation and to fulfil my oath "to do justice to all men".
W-B continues:
:Here was the one remaining check upon Hitler's power, a gentleman's agreement to consult the President, and it may be asked why did Hindenburg not more energetically defend his oath? The answer is obvious. A weary Old Gentleman of eighty-six, of rigid mind and slow reasoning, anxious to avoid responsibility and surrounded by a pack of watch-dogs, is no match for a virile young politician of forty-four, free as the air and with no inhibiting political scruples . The agreement has the appearance of the most sardonic hypocrisy. (Highlight-EffK
EffK 09:50, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Hindenburg Letter to Centre leaders