Lord Acton once said, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. "The formal title for the Enabling Act was the "Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich. The Enabling Act passed on March 1933 and allowed Adolph Hitler to obtain absolute power and enabled Hitler's dictatorship for four years. Hitler had the power to enact laws without the parliamentary's approval. In order for Hitler to obtain dictatorship he negotiated with the Centre Party offering that their power would be protected if they supported the Enabling Act. Not only that, in order for the Enabling Act to pass, he needed a two-thirds majority of votes. Hitler accomplished this by threatening and bullying any opposition. On July 14th, 1933 all political parties other than the Nazi party, were banned on the orders of Hitler. The people who resisted were sent to concentration camps. It would normally take only twenty-four hours to place into the law or legislation under Hitler's command. When the Enabling Act was passed it gave Hitler unimaginable power and was the cause of the deaths of 11 million. Although, the Enabling Act gave Hitler great power, it corrupted him and resulted in his ultimate demise. The Enabling Act ended when Hitler burrowed away in a refurbished air-raid shelter, consumes a cyanide capsule, and then shot himself with a pistol on April 30, 1945 (Maurois An Illustrated History Of Germany 164-167).
In order to have the Enabling Act to be passed, Hitler used various strategies and techniques of persuasion. On January 30th 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor, a senior state or legal official. However, Hitler did not have any intention of acting in a democratic government. His plans were to ban all political parties, except the Nazi's and have all the power in his hands. Firstly, Hitler was helped by the Reichstag Fire that took place on February 27th 1933, where the Germany's parliament building was destroyed.
