1/ A timely reminder from @AuschwitzMuseum that the Holocaust didn't happen overnight. Even before these laws, democracy was being undermined: the Enabling Act of 1933 gave Hitler, as chancellor, the power to enact laws without the involvment of the Reichstag.
#Fascism
2/ This act also gave Hitler the power to override fundamental aspects of the Weimar Constitution.
If you think of the Reichstag as being similar to our Parliament, this would be like giving a member of our government (eg Gove or Johnson) the power to override #Parliament and...
3/ our constitution. I'll let people from other countries draw their own comparisons.
Try factoring in your own country's management or mismanagement of the #Covid19 #pandemic, too. (I'd suggest public health, economic and social factors, not conspiracy theories.)
4/ Further information:
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
Also:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_193…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsrat…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_…
(This last link is a translation of the Enabling Act of 1933
#Fascism #Holocaust #Nazis
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