It meant that, at the end of four years of absolute power granted him originally by the German Reichstag, freely elected TIME, April 3, , Adolf Hitler is seen by all Europe as a portentous figure, no longer an upstart but a German Chancellor of almost Bismarckian stature, a figure clothed with the aura as well as the fact of Power.
Up went the Opera House curtain in Berlin last week, and the world strained its ears as Messiah Hitler shared with his chosen Nazi Disciples the latest revelations of his almost feminine intuition. Five Minutes, Under orders from Reichspropaganda-minister P. Goebbels, every German store and factory had ceased activity, every radio loudspeaker in the Fatherland was supposed to be on the nationwide Reichstag hookup. Almost every Reichstag Deputy was in Nazi uniform-exceptions being Dr.
Looking like a parliament of soldiers, the uniformed Reichstag waited 30 minutes for its Messiah to arrive in flaringblack military breeches, well-shined boots and unadorned brown shirt. Minister of the Interior Dr. Up jumped the Reichstag, thus electing him unanimously.
Down sat the Reichstag, then jumped up to vote unanimous extension of the Enabling Act under which the Realmleader governs by decree without consulting the Reichstag for another four years.
This concluded the German legislative program of this session in just under five minutes, and the Reichstag sat back to-do its only other work: listen to Adolf Hitler. Bereft of British help, the loud fury of the French had soon to subside.
