Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
After Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg dies, personally orders all soldiers in the army to pledge the Reichswehreid Oath of allegiance not to Volk and Fatherland, but to the new Reichspresident and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
The armed forces swear an oath of allegiance to the "Fuhrer & Chancellor Adolf Hitler"
The Protestant Church takes an oath & is declared "coordinated"
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