Enabling Act

See also: enabling act

English

Proper noun

the Enabling Act

  1. (historical) the Enabling Act of 1933 passed by Weimar Republic's Reichstag, which paved the way for the Nazi's seizure of power.
    • 2013 March 23, Marc von Lüpke-Schwarz, “Parliament lost”, in Deutsche Welle‎[1], archived from the original on 11 October 2026:
      As a result, on March 23, he placed before parliament a "Law to Remedy the Distress of People and the Reich" - also called the "Enabling Act."
    • 2017 May 24, “Enabling Act becomes law in Germany - archive, 1933”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 October 2026:
    • (Can we date this quote?), “The Reichstag Election”, in BBC Bitesize‎[3], archived from the original on 8 April 2024:
      When the Reichstag met on 23 March 1933 Hitler was able to secure the passing of an important law, the Enabling Act by: […]
    • (Can we date this quote?), “The Enabling Act”, in United States Holocaust Memorial Museum‎[4], archived from the original on 1 October 2026:
      The Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Reich is also known as the Enabling Act.
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