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Treaty of Versilles
The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty that basically screwed over Germany. The most popular article was article 231 which is more commonly known as the "War Guilt Clause" which forced Germany to to accept all responsibility for initiating WW1. Germany was required to pay a very large amount of money and limit their military size -
Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
This was a huge gain in power for Hitler. He had lost the presidential election to Von Hindenburg but he was put into the Chancellor position because the people begged Hindenburg. -
Reichstag Fire Decree
A German Parliament building burned down due to arson. The Nazis took advantage of this and forced Hindenburg to give Hitler emergency powers. The Reichstag Fire Decree allowed regime and arrest without any reason, dissolve political organizations. It also gave the central government to authority to overrule state and local laws and overthrow state and local governments.
