Article 1:
In addition to the procedure prescribed by the Constitution, laws of the Reich may also be enacted by the Reich Government. This includes laws as referred to by Article 85, Sentence 2, and Article 87 of the Constitution.
Article 2:
Laws enacted by the Reich Government may deviate from the Constitution as long as they do not affect the institutions of the Reichstag and Reichsrat. The rights of the President remain undisturbed.
Article 3:
Laws enacted by the Reich Government shall be issues by the Chancellor and announced in the Reichsgesetzblatt. They shall take effect on the day following the announcement, unless they prescribe a different date. Articles 68 to 77 of the Constitution do not apply to laws enacted by the Reich Government.
Article 4:
Reich treaties with foreign states that affect matters of Reich legislation shall not require the approval of the bodies concerned with legislation. The Reich Government shall issue the regulations required for the execution of such treaties.
Article 5:
This law takes effect with the day of its proclamation. It loses force on April 1, 1937, or if the present Reich Government is replaced by another.
Berlin, March 24, 1933
The Reich President von Hindenburg
Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler
Reich Minister of Interior Frick
Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs Freiherr von Neurath
Reich Minister of Finance Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
After passing of the Enabling Act, Hitler and his Nazi government began passing laws to consolidate and help in maintaining power.
Read through the following laws, decrees, and the oath of loyalty:
The Reich Citizenship Law of September 15, 1935
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service April 7, 1933
Law on the Hitler Youth December 1, 1936
Law for the Safeguard of German Blood and German Honor September 15, 1935
Law for the Imposition and Implementation of the Death Penalty March 29, 1933
Law Against the Founding of New Parties July 14, 1933
Decree Against Public Enemies
Oath of Loyalty for All State Officials
Use the US Holocaust Museum's pages as a source for finding out how these laws allowed for the maintenance of power of the Nazis within Germany.