Last Free German Election: Nazis Win 44% but Need a Coalition
Nazi leaders exploited the March 5 election results to push through the Enabling Act just eighteen days later, stripping the Reichstag of all power and establishing Hitler's dictatorship. This legislative maneuver banned every other political party and dissolved the parliament, ensuring no multi-party democracy would return to Germany until after World War II.
March 5, 1933
93 years ago
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