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and told the Germans what they wanted to hea that rmany was the eatest nation in the world, that the Germans were the " ter ce," that Germany had en unfairly treated and should get revenge.
After the Novem r 1932 election, in which the Nazis elected 1 deputies to the Reichstag (Germany's parliament), far from a ma rity, Hitler demanded of President Hindenburg that he ap inted Chancel­ lor (the main ition of wer in the ve ment) as the price of Na c ration Hindenburg gave in to Hitler, but the N s still didn't have t ma rity in the Reichs g at they n d im their will on the country.
Febru y 27, 1 3, the Reichstag building bu ed down A young Communist was convict of ar n and executed Evidence has since shown that he was put up to it by the Nazi who wanted to discredit the Communist They succeeded In the March 1 3 election the Nazis went up to deputi en Hitler ordered the arrest of the 81 Communist deputie Thus the Nazis now had a ma rity. ey pr eeded to pa the E ling Act, which invoked the clau in the constitution allowing the ch cellor to le by decree, by a vote of , with various other parties in the Reichstag ining in voting for it Hitler now d e ntially dictat rial we which he had obtained le lly in accord with the constitution, a fact not often re
In August 19 Hindenburg died, and Hitler merged the sts of president and chance or. He changed the th of alle ance taken by army officer No lon r would they swear alle ance to Germany but to Hitler n y. In an election held to tify his umption total wer, Hitler won by a vote of 39, , to 4,3 , . Hitler w now in com­ plete controi with the st ma rity of the ople hind him
In 1937 Po Pius XI wrote an encycli l ed Mit Brennender Sorge (W h B ng Sorrow), condemning Nazism Hitler stated that he would br g the rest of Eu under his cont l and then turn on his last and eatest enemy: e tholic Church.
The Sp h l War
en the Carlists, rightful kings of Spain, were defeated, Spain b ught u n it more suffer g than it could have reali d. During the fi t third of the twentieth ntury, the government was unstable and the ople unhappy. In 1931 the weak, li l King Al n XIII a icated The atheist me into wer. He cl d Catholic h ls, ex lled the Jesuits om Spain, and t k re ous sym ls off the walls of Spanish