![After Hitler became chancellor of Germany, he persuaded his cabinet to declare a state of emergency and end many individual freedoms. [LCID: 78572]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e346e480-01bc-4e53-a8e1-9c7b5dc4e332.jpg)
After Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, he persuaded his cabinet to declare a state of emergency and end many individual freedoms. Here, police search a vehicle for arms. Berlin, Germany, February 27, 1933.
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