Adolf Hitler2 May 1933
The Nazis suppress German trades unions
Germany · Government / NSDAP Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Nazis suppress German trades unions
Dissolves the Trades Unions, their leaders are put in concentration camps
Takes a leading role as SA and police occupy trade union offices, seize funds and arrest union leaders.
Censors the press & removes all opposition including trades unions & political parties
Neurath removed trade unions while consolidating German political control in Bohemia and Moravia.
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