In Germany, after the newly elected chancellor had promised the Reichstag, the president, the cantons and the church that they would not infringe on any of their rights, Hitler ended his speech in strong terms, cancelling these assurances. If Congress refuses to give him "the opportunity for friendly cooperation", the new regime is ready to fight for its own principles.

"Gentlemen and councilors, whether it is war or peace, it is up to Lao Zhujun to decide."

During the interval, the enemy who opposed this measure mobilized. As soon as the meeting resumed, the leaders of the Social Democrats spoke in a courageous protest amid the rhythmic shouts of brownshirts from the corridors.

Despite Papen's admonition, Hitler replied in a manner reminiscent of the early Munich beer hall uprising. He attacked the Social Democrats with sarcasm and invective.

"I don't need your votes. Germany will be free, but not through you. Don't mistake us for the bourgeoisie. The German star is rising, and you are indeed declining. Your death knell has sounded.

Hitler's surprise attack not only destroyed the futile rebellion of the Social Democrats, but also frightened the Center Party. Voting began. When Goering announced the election results, with 441 votes in favor and 94 against, far exceeding the required two-thirds majority, the National Socialists jumped to their feet at the same time, cheering loudly, as if their team had scored the decisive goal a few seconds before the end of a football match. They stretched out their arms and sang the "Song of the Visel Forest":

"Hold the flag high!

Standing closely together,

The stormtroopers marched forward,

The pace is steady, and the pace is calm."

In the face of almost no opposition, democracy was wiped out of the Reichstag. Only the Social Democrats voted against. The other parties surrendered to him the power that Hitler had sworn not to relinquish. And the power that has been given to him is rarely given up.

The leader of the Centre Party received a letter from Hindenburg expressing support for Hitler.

"I intend to inform you that the Prime Minister has made it clear that he is willing to take measures on the basis of the enabling law only after consultation with me, even in the absence of a formal constitutional obligation." These words were made from the bottom of their hearts and restored the confidence of the Central Party members, who had been betrayed for the time being. Most Germans were anxious to restore their confidence, and many rushed to join the Nazi Party. There are also many people who support it in a more subtle way. Civil servants and officials stuck to their posts, allowing the power apparatus to turn smoothly as if the most conservative party had won.

The victory in the Reichstag made many industrialists who had secretly supported Hitler public. The steel magnate Krupp openly greeted acquaintances on the street. In a congratulatory letter to Hitler, he said that he and his colleagues were convinced that Germany had finally achieved "the basis for a stable government." In return, Krupp was elected Tsar of German industry, thus approving the marriage of big business to National Socialism.

Hitler chose Hegalma. It is no coincidence that Shahit's appointment as president of the Imperial Bank is no coincidence. This brilliant financier helped Hitler get in touch with industry and, like him, hated democracy and parliamentarianism.

Prior to this choice, Hitler had asked Shahitt how much money the bank could come up with to support his public works program and his plan to rearm Germany. Shahit declined to give specific figures. But how much it will cost to "clear the last unemployed person from the streets" will be what the Reichsbank will be able to provide. He obtained this position, and as soon as he took office, he issued the "Mefford" voucher - the abbreviation of the portrait model company "Metal Research Co., Ltd.", which was formed by four ordnance dealers, and the state was responsible for its debts. The Mayford Bill, which is drawn mainly by government contractors, is practically indistinguishable from a promissory note in that it is a short-term loan with a term that can be extended to five years. The Shahit plan was intended to provide unlimited loans to the government, allowing Hitler to arm Germany on a large scale. …,

It was not only officials and industrialists who were willing to serve the Führer. Many intellectuals and literati also contributed to the revival of Germany. Among these were the philosophers Crick and Nannyle, the poets Bronck and Binding, and Germany's most prominent dramatist, Gerhardt. Haupman. Regardless of the government in power, he refused to abandon his honor.

At the beginning of spring that year, Rudolph. "We owe it to the Motherland," Bindin wrote, "and there is no reason to leave the academy because of a change of government." Haupmann agrees with me and makes me sincerely happy. The Academy should protect the freedom to create, not to study politics! ”

In this spirit of cooperation, Haupmann hung a banner outside his window a few weeks later; A few months later, he asked Harold for a letter. Nicholson assured that Germany would "liberate itself", as Italy had done.

The revolution is underway. But because of the apparent lack of bloodshed, many Germans did not understand or did not want to understand that the early days of this "brown revolution" had a very unremarkable name, "coordination".

It seems that the process of reunifying the motherland is proceeding smoothly and has not caused much panic. What it did was to bring Germany's political, economic and social life under Nazi rule and to sow the seeds of a dictatorship.

The main reason why the revolt was not strong was because Hitler insisted on the law. As a result, the opposition believed that what he wanted to establish was a government similar to that of the Weimar Republic.

On the day of the enactment of the enabling law, the Social Democrats issued a set of instructions to the local branches, which showed how slow the Social Democrats were. The instructions give detailed instructions on how questions and other secular questions should be answered, except for a single paragraph on how the ongoing Nazi revolution should be viewed. While the Nazis searched the homes of their leaders at night for weapons, and when thousands of GONG and suspected GONG elements were thrown into prison, the Social Democrats, which were supposed to be the bastions of democracy, were supposed to be the bastions of democracy. But he is warning party members not to make mistakes again!

"The whole city is in the midst of a terrible contagion, and everyone is careful in what they say and do," Isherwood said of Berlin that spring, "I felt it in my bones, like influenza." "The whole city" was whispering about illegal arrests at night, and that the SA was beating prisoners in the barracks, forcing them to spit on Lenin's statue, swallow castor oil, eat old socks, and so on. They were drowned out by angry cries from the government. The government, through its thousands of people, retorted. ”

Outside the capital, especially in small towns, people are dazzled by a series of mass rallies, parades and spectacular scenes. The mass organizations were voluntarily "co-ordinated" into the organization of the National Socialist Party.

Slowly, every citizen found himself implicated with the authorities. The familiar old street has been given a new name. For example, in Herna, Lados Square became Adolfo. Hitler's Square Bebelstrasse became Hermann. Goering Street. Almost every Sunday, new organizations emerge:

Mother country schools, mother-child welfare organizations, children's camping groups, food supply welfare organizations, and so on, are really endless.

A month after Hitler's failed efforts to persuade voters to vote for him, his gradual, collaborative approach temporarily won the trust of the majority of voters. Isherwood saw the friendly citizens look approvingly at the young stormtroopers. These young men wore big leather boots and swaggered through the streets, determined to overthrow the Treaty of Versailles, and they rejoiced, because summer was approaching again, because Hitler had promised to protect the petty traders and peddlers, because their newspapers had told them that good days were coming, and they were secretly happy and excited, like schoolchildren, because their rivals, the Jews, and the Marxists, who were called a minority and had nothing to do with them, were guilty of the crime of failing the state and inflating it, and were to be punished. ”…,

Since the regime change, both Jews and Marxists have been systematically persecuted. Because of the fact that he was in the room, there was a bread knife, which was arbitrarily described as a murder weapon.

In Germany, this was falsely accused of foreign propaganda, while in the United States, US Secretary of State Hull assured the leaders of American Jews that the physical persecution of the Germans was "effectively over".

Even so, the cries of liberals abroad annoyed Hitler even more.

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He declared that unless the Jews of Britain and the United States stopped their malicious propaganda, the Jewish business community in Germany would suffer greatly

However, the call did not end.

On April 1, Hitler resisted with these words: "I believe that my actions today are in accordance with God's will: to oppose the Jews is to fight for God." ”

This is only a tentative step. It was as if Hitler was testing to see how far his compatriots would let him go. On the eve of the boycott, the Italian ambassador Seruti had advised Mussolini to soften his attitude towards the Jews. Hitler replied that there were only a handful of Jews in Italy, that the president did not know the Jewish question, and that he himself had "studied the question from all angles for many years, and no one had studied it in this way." He prophesied "with absolute certainty" that in five hundred to six hundred years the name of Hitler would be revered in every nation, "because this man would wipe out the Jews from the earth forever!" ”

Brown shirts were lined up in most Jewish shops and office doors. There are not many violent incidents; Young stormtroopers are also very polite when they remind customers that they are visiting a Jewish store.

Hindenburg himself was also opposed to the continuation of anti-Semitic measures. He wrote a strongly worded letter to the Prime Minister condemning discrimination against Jewish veterans who had fought in the war.

"If they deserve to fight and shed their blood for Germany, they also deserve to dedicate themselves to the Motherland in their respective posts."

The old man, however, was no match for the man. Hitler replied that the Jews, who had a monopoly on 80 percent of the legal and medical professions, were now going to the government sector.

"One of the reasons why old Prussia was so clean was that only a limited number of Jews were allowed to shelter in the civil service. The officer corps is almost absolutely pure. ”

This argument could not fail to convince the old marshal.

This, and his vague promise of some consideration for the war veterans' association, enabled him to enact a decree on 7 April to remove Jews from their posts in the civil service and to restrict their freedom to serve in the legal branch. On the same day, Hitler told the Union of Doctors that he himself was aware of their current difficult situation, especially the young doctors.

In doing so, he subtly exposes his dual worldview.

"It is precisely for the sake of these young people that it is necessary for us to use tough methods to suppress alien races and create living space and possibilities for them to practice medicine and employment. This ongoing work of national purification may take centuries to complete. It is important that we lay the groundwork for future political developments! "Min