After the elections of March 5, 1933, the Nazis began an efficient take over of the state governments throughout Germany, ending a century s old tradition of local political independence. For Adolf Hitler, the goal of a legally established dictatorship was now in reach. As Hitler plotted to bring democracy to a halt in Germany, propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels put together a brilliant public relations display at the official opening of the newly elected Rewchstag. With an improving economy, Hitler claimed credit and consolidated his position as dictator, having succeeded in eliminating challenges from other political parties and government institutions. The German industrial machine was built up in preparations for war. By 1937, he was comfortable enough to put his mast plan into effect. On March 23, the newly elected Reischstag met in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin to consider passing Hitler s Enabling Act. It was officially called the Law of Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich. If passed, it would affect vote democracy out of existence in Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. For some, there was an odd mixture of fear and positivism in the air. Now, for the first time as dictator, Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the driven force which had propelled him into politics in the first place, his hatred of Jews. It began with a simple boycott on April 1, 1933 and would end years later into the greatest tragedy in all human history. Several attempts were made on Hitler s life during the war, but non was successful. As the war appeared to be inevitably lost and his hand-picked lieutenants, seeing the uselessness, defied his order he killed himself on April 30, 1945. His longtime mistress Eva Braun joined him in Suicide. However, by this time Hitler had killed and demolished two thirds of European Jews.