... was suddenly out of their control and unlikely to do whatever they wanted. Hitler wanted to be the head of a Nazi dictatorship but he had to go about it legally. The only way to do this was if Hitler had held a two-thirds majority of Reichstag seats, allowing him to create the desired dictatorship by amending the constitution. He tried to do this by persuading Hindenburg to call fresh elections within 24 hours of him becoming Chancellor. Before the election happened in March 1933 the Reichstag Fire broke out which was blamed on the Communists. Hitler was then able to convince Hindenburg of a Communist plot to overthrow the state and is issued an emergency degree under Article 48 which allowed the police to hold people indefinitely in "protective custody". The result of the election was that the Nazi share of the vote increased from 33.1% ...

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