Analysis of the political speech of Otto Wels about the Enabling Act in 1933 - Reichs-Ermächtigungsgesetz
Interpretation793 Words / ~2 pages Von-Saldern Gymnasium Brandenburg an der Havel
Analysis of a political speech The historical speech of Otto Wels which was before the Centre Party, the Nazi Party and the German National People’s Party had voted for the Enabling Act in 1933. On the 27th February 1933 Hitler wanted to have the “Enabling Act” passed by a two third majority of the Reichstag. This “Enabling Act” would allow him to pass laws without asking the Reichstag for their consent. Otto Wels was the leader of the parliamentary group “SPD” and used his political rank to speak to the Reichstag and the German citizens. He spoke to them because he wanted to declare the SPD’s opposition to the Enabling Act as well as the persecution of more than 40.000 Communists and Social Democrats since the burning of the Reichstag. The leader of the parliamentary group “SPD” held that speech on the 23rd of March 1933 to the members…[show more]
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