WI: Hindenburg Dissolves the Reichstag (1933)

Lets say sometime after the passing of the Fire Decree (but before the Enabling Act) President Hindeburg arbitrarily dissolves the Reichstag.
His reasoning is that uproar caused by the Reichstag Fire, which delayed the impending parliamentary elections of March '33, had been quelled by the Fire Decree and it was safe to conduct the originally planned elections.

Did he still have enough capital to drop this hammer, and how do Hitler and the Nazis respond?
 
This hammer is plausible. But it would only delay enabling act for few months.

That's only if the Nazis could survive another election cycle.
With the Communists banned by the Fire Decree - the threat of a leftist revolution was gone.
I see a swing back toward the center which would displace the NSDAP and Hitler from their position of power.
 

SsgtC

Banned
Anything is possible. But Hitler and the NSDAP specifically fed off the fears of the volk. Hitler, for all his faults, was an amazing public speaker and could move people in ways that few could. I think the Nazis are just fine surviving another election.

That's only if the Nazis could survive another election cycle.
With the Communists banned by the Fire Decree - the threat of a leftist revolution was gone.
I see a swing back toward the center which would displace the NSDAP and Hitler from their position of power.
 
That's only if the Nazis could survive another election cycle.
With the Communists banned by the Fire Decree - the threat of a leftist revolution was gone.
I see a swing back toward the center which would displace the NSDAP and Hitler from their position of power.
Remember reading that the Nazis were in serious financial difficulties before von Papen tried to make Hitler his puppet chancellor. Although I imagine the situation would be different after the Fire Decree...
 
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