Nazi Germany: Hitler's Violation Of Power

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Nazi germany is a good example of a government who ignored the limits on their power. Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor(Head of Government) of Germany on January 30, 1933. On August 2, 1934 the president(Head of State) of Germany died. A law that was made the previous day said that if the president died all of his power would go to the Chancellor. Because of this Hitler became the Chancellor as well as the President of Germany. With Hitler running about everything Germany became a dictatorship.
As a dictator Hitler did a lot of things that violated people's natural rights. The first example is that when Hitler became chancellor he made it so that nearly all organizations except the army and churches had their leadership replaced with

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