As they went upstairs to bed, Sir Horace wondered where it would all lead. It was a rhetorical question, for it was clear to Constantia that ‘no-one who had witnessed the soul of Germany marching that night could be in any doubt’.4 However, it was to be several months before Hitler could enforce his dictatorship. In order to pass the Enabling Act that would give him complete power, he needed a more convincing mandate. A federal election was called for 5 March.
