Slavery finally was abolished in Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Runion by the government that came to power after the 1848 revolution, spurred by slave uprisings in the colonies. A year later legislation passed granting the owners of France's 248,560 slaves compensation from a sum of $120 million francs.
The Enabling Act gave Hitler plenary powers. It followed on the heels of the Reichstag Fire Decree, which abolished most civil liberties and transferred state powers to the Reich government. The combined effect of the two laws was to transform Hitler's government into a de facto legal dictatorship.n 1942, the Reichstag passed a law giving Hitler power of life and death over every citizen, effectively extending the provisions of the Enabling Act for the duration of the war. Ironically, two, and possibly three, of the penultimate measures Hitler took to consolidate his power in 1934 violated the Enabling Act.
Reichstagsgebaeude, reichstagsgebÃ¤ude the Specific german word For parliamentary, buildings often simply shortened To. Reichstag in this context it may refer: 1  To (reichstag) , building the building In berlin Where German parliaments met from 1894 to 1933 and again since. 2  1999 reichstag, dome an addition to The reichstag By Norman.  foster Reichstag fire (1933), which provided a pretext for the Nazis to seize power. 2  Reichstag Fire Decree (1933), an order issued by the German President Paul von Hindenburg in direct response to the Reichstag fire. 3  Reichstag Trial or Leipzig Trial (1933), a Trial held in the aftermath of the Reichstag fire.