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GUIDE: What was Article 48 about? Tell me more!

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GUIDE: What was Article 48 about? Tell me more!

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GUIDE: Explain WHY Article 48 caused the downfall of Weimar Republic and led to the rise of Hitler.

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GUIDE: Explain WHY Article 48 caused the downfall of Weimar Republic and led to the rise of Hitler.

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GUIDE: Give 1 REAL example to support your point on Article 48 contributing to the rise of Hitler.

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GUIDE: Give 1 REAL example to support your point on Article 48 contributing to the rise of Hitler.

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GUIDE: How did Article 48 contributed to the rise of Hitler? 🤔

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GUIDE: How did Article 48 contributed to the rise of Hitler? 🤔

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Start your answer with: The weaknesses of the Weimar Republic led to the rise of Hitler because...

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Start your answer with: The weaknesses of the Weimar Republic led to the rise of Hitler because...

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For example, the Reichstag Fire Decree which Hitler exploited to remove his competitors and threats.

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The weakness of the Weimar government was Article 48. Article 48 in which the president can issue decrees without the approval of civilians.

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In times of emergency, the president did not need the
agreement of the Reichstag, but could issue decrees in
which civil liberties could be suspended. However, It was not clear what constituted an
emergency. This lead to Hitler exploiting the law to his advantage to gain power legally.

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For example, when the Reichstag fire occured, Hitler convinced the president to use article 48 to lock his political opponents up.

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Article 48 lead to the rise of Hitler because it did not specify examples of an emergency. This led to Hitler convincing the president to use article 48 during the Reichstag fire which Hitler exploited to remove his competitors and threats. Leading to Hitler gaining more power legally and gaining the support of Germans.

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The weakness of the Weimar Republic led to the rise of Hitler because of Article 48.

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In times of emergency, Article 48 allowed the President to decrees in which civil liberties could be suspended without the agreement of the Reichstag.

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For example, the Reichstag Fire Decree in which Hitler exploited to remove his competitors and threats

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Article 48 was not clear of what constituted as an emergency and was exploited by Hitler to remove his competitors and threats.

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The weakness of the Weimar Republic that led to the rise of Hitler was because of Article 48

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In times of emergency, the president could issue decrees in which civil liberties could be suspended without the agreement of the Reichstag

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For example, the Reichstag Fire Decree which Hitler exploited to remove his competitors and threats

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The Article 48 was not clear on what constituted an emergency and Hitler could easily abuse his power

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One weakness of the Weimar Government is Article 48 as it is undemocratic

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Article 48 is an implication where in times of emergencies,the president al civil liberties will be suspended.The thing is that the meaning is widely defined and the defination of emergency to everyone is different

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On 27 February 1933,the Reishstag was set on fire.Hitler persuaded Hindernburg to issue the Reishstag Fire Decree which suspended all civil liberties to deal with the Comunist act of agressiveness.It was used to remove Hitler's competitors which are the other smaller parties and communist parties

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This shows that Article 48 is an factor of the rise of Hitler as Hitler exploited it to rid his competitors for governance over Germany

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Weimar Republic's weakness led to the rise of Hitler due to Article 48.

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In situations in which it is an emergency, the president is given the rights to issue decrees where all civil liberties is to be suspended without the need of discussing with the Reichstag.

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For example, Hitler had exploited the Reichstag Fire Decree to remove threats that were coming at him.

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The weakness in Weimar Government is that the president can use Article 48 to temporary become the dictator.

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Article 48 allows the president to declare a state of emergency and to suspend the civil rights of the citizens without the permission of the government. Hitler used Article 48 to gain powers legally.

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Weimar Republics weakness led to the rise of Hitler because of article 48, which made it difficult to achieve a majority party.

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One example is the Reichstag Fire on 19th February 1933, where Hitler convinced Hindenburg to use article 48 to suspend all civil liberties that has to do with communist aggressiveness. It was to remove the other smaller parties and communist parties.

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Article 48 is a constitution of the Weimar Republic of Germany allowed the President, under certain circumstances, like "emergencies", to take emergency measures without consent of the Reichstag.

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Article 48 caused the downfall of Weimar government as the laws did not specify the
type of emergencies needed for Article 48 to be used. This allows Hitler to used Article 48 to remove his competitors and gained powers legally.

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For example, during the Reichstag Fire Decree in 1933, Hitler seized the chance to remove all his competitors and threats by persuading Hindernburg to issue to suspend all civil liberties to deal with the Communist act of aggressiveness.

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Article 48 was not specific in its instructions and hence when in a emergency, hence when Hitler managed to convince the President by issuing a Fire Decree, Hitler successfully managed to get rid of all his competitor and threats which eventually led him into power legally as nothing was standing in his way.

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The weakness of the Weimar Republic that led to the rise of Hitler was due to Article 48

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In times of emergency, the president could issue decrees in which civil liberties could be suspended without them agreement of the Reichstag

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For example, the Reichstag Fire Decree which Hitler exploited to remove his competitors and threats

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This led to the rise of Hitler because it did not specify the types of emergencies and was exploited by Hitler to remove his competitors and threats

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The weaknesses in Weimar Republic led to the rise of Hitler in Germany in 1933 because of Article 48.

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The weakness that led to the rise of hitler was article 48

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Article 48 is the presidents power to suspend civil rights and operate independently n an emergency. However, it was not clear what was constituted as an emergency.

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The weakness of Weimar republic led to the rise of Hitler because of article 48