Movie "Hitler – Rise of Evil" comprehension question?
Hello,
In the 2003 film "Hitler: The Rise of Evil," Hermann Göring, who was President of the Reichstag at the time, began singing the first verse of the national anthem in the House of Representatives to convince other politicians to support the Enabling Act, after they had initially ranted against it. Afterwards, even non-NSDAP members stood up and sang along. Did that happen roughly like that in reality, or was it more of an artistic license in the film?
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The scene from the film *Hitler – The Rise of Evil* (2003), in which Hermann Göring agrees the first stanza of the German national anthem in the Reichstag, in order to move the MEPs to sing together and to support the empowerment law, artistic freedom and so in reality has not happened.
The Enforcement Act was indeed adopted on 23 June. March 1933 discussed in Reichstag and then accepted with a two-thirds majority. The National Socialists exerted considerable pressure on MEPs. Some of the MEPs voted under this pressure, and the MEPs of the KPD (Communist Party of Germany) were already arrested or detained so that their votes were absent. The SPD also voted as the only party against the law, but was overwhelmed.
In reality, there was no common singing of the national anthem in the Reichstag, as the film shows. The scene should symbolically show how the Nazis exploited nationalist feelings to gain political support, but the actual events were less dramatic and more a mixture of intimidation and formal voting processes under massive threats.
All right. Thank you for the answer:)