Reform of Government
A law is passed "for the prevention of the propogation of hereditary illness"
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
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Adolf Hitler Biography and Timeline — Page 8
Follow Adolf Hitler through 1,628 dated historical records for Germany.
Adolf Hitler, historical timeline
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1933
Pact between France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy
A pact between France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy is signed
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Concordat
The Catholic Church agrees not to become involved in Germany if Catholicism is allowed
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Concordat
The concordat is formally signed
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Reichstag Fire
Marinus van der Lubbe, Ernst Torgler, Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoi Popov, and Vassil Tanev are indicted on charges of setting the Reichstag on fire
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Trial
Marinus van der Lubbe, Ernst Torgler, Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoi Popov, and Vassil Tanev are indicted on charges of setting the Reichstag on fire
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Chamber of Culture
The Reichs Chamber of Culture is founded under the new Minister of Propaganda
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Chancellor
Ludwig Muller is appointed Bishop of the Reich
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Concordat
Ludwig Muller becomes Bishop of the Reich
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH)
The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (SS-LAH) becomes Adolf Hitler's personal Bodyguard Regiment ("Leibstandarte" being the German word for "bodyguard")
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
League of Nations
Announces Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations and the Geneva Disarmament Conference.
Role range: 1933-1934
League of Nations
Germany leaves the League of Nations, because it cannot fully rearm
Role range: 1933-1934
Disarmament Conference
Withdraws Germany from disarmament talks and the League.
Role range: 1933-1934
Freikorps
Freikorps leaders symbolically gave their old Battle flags to Hitler's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel in a huge ceremony
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
One Party Election
Holds a one-party Reichstag election and referendum after opposition parties have been destroyed or forced to dissolve.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Constitution of Germany
The NSDAP becomes the party of the state
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Unity of Party and State
Approves the law declaring the Nazi Party and state inseparable, formalising one-party rule after the destruction of opposition.
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Reichstag Fire
At the end of the trial only Van der Lubbe is convicted, while his fellow defendants are found not guilty
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Austrian Legion
Founds the Austrian Legion which remains mobilized in Bavaria on the Austrian border
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Constitution of Germany
Less than a month after Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor the Reichstag Fire Decree invokes Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, suspending several constitutional protections on civil rights
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Invasion of Austria
Founds the Austrian Legion which remains mobilized in Bavaria on the Austrian border
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Kosher Food
Bans kosher food
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Peace Mediation at Saarland
Broadcasts a promise to reconcile with France once the Saarland is returned
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Peoples Court
Hitler decrees that treason would only be tried by a newly established Volksgerichtshof, notorious for its death sentences
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Plot
Allows Hitler to accelerate the banning of the Communist Party & confirm Nazi claims of a pending Communist revolution
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Rule of Saarland
Broadcasts a promise Germany will reconcile with France once the Saarland is returned
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Treason
Hitler decrees that treason would only be tried by a newly established Volksgerichtshof, notorious for its death sentences
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Weimar Republic
Less than a month after Adolf Hitler's appointment as Chancellor the Reichstag Fire Decree invokes Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, suspending several constitutional protections on civil rights
Role range: 1919-1933 – 1933-1934
Protestantism
The Conference of Protestant Churches is declared illegal
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
1934
Legislation
Sterilization measures come into effect to prevent hereditary illness
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Reichstag Fire
Van der Lubbe is beheaded in a German prison yard after being found guilty of the Reichstag fire
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Pact between Germany and Poland
Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland
Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Alliance Adolf Hitler and France
Diffuses aggressive intentions & draws Poland away from an alliance with France
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Alliance Agreement with France
Diffuses aggressive intentions & draws Poland away from an alliance with France
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Signs a pact of non-aggression with Poland
Signs a pact of non-aggression with Poland
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Plot
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of ths SA
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Reform of Government
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of ths SA
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
Constitution of Germany
Abolishes state assemblies & transfers all sovereign power to the Reich
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1934
National Socialist Revolution
Hitler has a meeting with Rohm for 5 hrs & warns him not to start a 2nd revolution
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1934-1945
Records, sources and methodology
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