Spectators cheer as Hitler leaves for the Reichstag
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Spectators cheer as Hitler leaves for the Reichstag

Cheering spectators greet Hitler upon his departure for the Reichstag session at which the Enabling Act was passed. The act allowed the government to issue laws without the consent of Germany’s parliament, laying the foundation for the complete Nazification of German society.

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