4 January 1933Alliance Adolf Hitler and Franz von PapenAdolf Hitler
Meets Papen at von Schroeders home. It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
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Meets Papen at von Schroeders home. It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
Hitler & Papen meet in the House of the banker Schroder to form a joint Government
Meets Papen at von Schroeders home. It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
Meets Hitler at von Schroeders home. It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor
Gains the support of Oscar von Hindenburg who agrees to appoint Hitler Chancellor
Appoints Adolf Hitler Chancellor at the head of a Nazi DNVP coalition, ending the last Weimar attempt to contain the Nazi movement through conservative cabinet politics.
Becomes Chancellor after Hindenburg appoints him to lead a coalition cabinet with Nazi and German Nationalist ministers.
Enters Hitler's first cabinet as Reich Interior Minister, giving the Nazis direct influence over internal administration and police policy.
Receives a cabinet post and gains increasing authority in Prussia, allowing Nazi control over Germany's largest police apparatus.
Represents the German Nationalist coalition partners in Hitler's first cabinet as Minister of Economics and Agriculture.
Joins Hitler's cabinet as Vice Chancellor, believing conservative ministers can control the new Chancellor from inside the Government.
Hindenburg asks Hitler to form a Government
The "National Revolution" is followed by a "Lawful Revolution". The Government rules by Presidential decree as a coalition of "National accord"
Calls for a Rechstag election for 5th March
As Vice Chancellor believes he can contain Hitler & use him to gain supreme power
Appointed Minister of Communications
Appointed Minister of Economics
Appointed Minister of the Interior
Appointed Minister of Justice
Appointed Minister of Labour
Appointed Minister President for Prussia
Blomberg becomes one of Hitler's most devoted followers, and as such is nicknamed "Rubber Lion" by some of his critics in the army who were less than enthusiastic about Hitler
Blomberg becomes one of Hitler's most devoted followers, and as such is nicknamed "Rubber Lion" by some of his critics in the army who were less than enthusiastic about Hitler. Appointed Minister of Defence
Appointed Minister of Defence
Appointed Vice Chancellor
Dissolves the Reichstag & calls an election
Dissolves the Reichstag & calls an election
Asked by Hindenburg to head a Harzburg coalition of the NSDAP & Hugenberg Nationalists
Appoints Hitler as Chancellor
Der Angriff appears as the "Daily Newspaper of the German Labor Front" from the Eher Press, with Goebbels remaining publisher
Appointed Colonel
Dissolves the Reichstag after Hitler requests a new election intended to strengthen the Nazi-led coalition.
Uses the new Reichstag election campaign to present the Nazi movement as the force of national renewal and anti-communist order.
A 2nd internalional conference on disarmament ends without results, It tries to limit the army sizes of the major powers, while Germany is entitled to 200,000, Germany leaves the conference because a plan postpones the limitations for 4 years
Constitutional rights are suspended by decree, "to protect the German people"
Constitutional rights are suspended by decree, "to protect the German people"
Signs a decree restricting press freedom and public meetings, giving the Government more power over election campaigning.
Constitutional rights are suspended by decree, "to protect the German people"
Business leaders meet at the Presidents Palace & agree to financially support Hitler
Helps agree to an election fund of 3 million Reichsmarks from leading industrialists. Business leaders meet at Goerings Presidents Palace & agree to finance Hitler
Business leaders meet at the Presidents Palace & agree to financially support Hitler
Authorizes SA, SS and Stahlhelm members as auxiliary police in Prussia, strengthening Nazi street power before the election.
Declares a state of emergency
Launches a raid on the Communist Party HQ
Launches a raid on the Karl Liebknecht Haus
Leads an SA detachment from the Presidents Palace through a tunnel
Suspected of being involved because a tunnel leads from his office to the Reichstag
The Nazis burn down the Reichstag & blame a communist plot
Uses the Reichstag fire politically, presenting it as evidence of a communist threat to the state.
The Reichstag is set on fire and Dutch council communist Marinus van der Lubbe is found inside the building, the Nazis publicly blame the fire on communist agitators in general
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
Allows Hitler to use emergency powers under Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution
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. Individual liberty under the Weimer constitution is suspended
Constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree. After the Reichstag fire constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree
Claims van der Lubbe was a pawn in in Communist Plot to lunch a campaign of terror
Persuaded by Hitler to suspend civil liberties because of a communist threat
Hitler promulgates a decree "for the protection of the People & the State"
Constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree
Decides to appoint Hitler as Chancellor to prevent a Communist revolution
Despite the fact that Marinus van der Lubbe claimed to have acted alone in the Reichstag Fire, Hitler, after having obtained his emergency powers, announces that it was the start of a Communist plot to take over Germany
Thousands of Communists are imprisoned in the days following the fire (including leaders of the Communist Party of Germany) on the charge that the Party was preparing to stage a putsch.
Helps implement emergency powers that allow the Nazi Government to suppress communist and socialist organisations.
Signs the Reichstag Fire Decree, suspending civil liberties and permitting detention without normal constitutional protection.
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
The Reichstag Fire Decree suspends most civil liberties in Germany and is used by the Nazis to ban publications not considered "friendly" to the Nazi cause.
Directs his campaign against 14yrs of party Government
The Reichstag Fire trial is held but the communist leaders are acquitted
Establishes an auxilliary police force of 50,000 composed of SA & SS members
Purges the Prussian administration & appoints loyal party supporters
At the end of the Reichstag Fire trial only Van der Lubbe is convicted, while his fellow defendants are found not guilty
Issues a directive to the Officer Corps openly supporting the NAZIs
The police & SA sieze all Communist Party buildings in Germany along with weapons claimed to be used for a coup. As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned
The police & SA sieze all Communist Party buildings in Germany along with weapons claimed to be used for a coup
As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned
As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned
The NSDAP wins only 44% of the vote but are able to use it to gain total power
Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor by President Hindenburg, the SPD receives 18.25% of the votes during the last free elections gaining 120 seats
The Nazis increase their vote to 44% giving the Nazis & their coalition allies the German National Peoples Party 52%. Falls far short of the 2/3 majority to establish dictatorship by consent of Parliament
The Nazis win 288 out of 647 seats in the Reichstag. The Nazis poll 17,277,180 votes, failing to win a majority with 43. 9% of the total. The Nazis need the 52 seats won by their Nationalist allies to win a majority.
With Communist electoral participation also suppressed (the Communists had previously polled 17% of the vote), the Nazis are able to increase their share of the vote in the March 5, 1933 Reichstag elections from 33% to 44%.
Hitler makes a speech on the "Day of the Awekening Nation"
Directs propaganda during the Reichstag election, presenting the Nazi campaign as a defence against Marxism and national collapse.
Fails to win an outright Nazi majority, but uses coalition support and repression to move toward dictatorial authority.
With Communist electoral participation also suppressed (the Communists had previously polled 17% of the vote), the Nazis are able to increase their share of the vote in the March 5, 1933 Reichstag elections from 33% to 44%
Hitler makes a speech on the "Day of the Awekening Nation"
On the orders of Hitler and Wilhelm Frick abolishes the Government of Bavaria and sets up a Nazi regime
Under Hitler's orders von Epp sets up a Nazi regime in Bavaria
Under Hitler's orders von Epp sets up a Nazi regime in Bavaria
Under Hitler's orders von Epp sets up a Nazi regime in Bavaria
On the orders of Hitler and Wilhelm Frick abolishes the Government of Bavaria and sets up a Nazi regime
Appointed Minister of Propaganda & Enlightenment, given control of the media & arts
Is appointed Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, centralising Nazi control over political messaging, press, radio and culture.
Appointed President of the Reichsbank, 2nd term
Announces the establishment of Dachau as a concentration camp for political prisoners near Munich.
1st concentration camp is opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin
"The day of Potsdam", Parliament is deprived of its powers
Attends the Potsdam ceremony with Hitler, symbolising conservative acceptance of the new Nazi-led Government.
Uses the Potsdam ceremony to associate the Nazi Government with conservative, military and Prussian traditions.
The "battle for work" begins
A ceremony in the Potsdam Garrison Church marks the opening of the Reichstag
The ceremonial opening of the 1st NSDAP Parliament, held at the Garrison Church. Opened on the same day Bismarck opened the 1st Reichstag of the 2nd Reich in 1871
Opens Dachau Concentration Camp for communists & other "political undesireables"
The Centre Party votes for the Enabling Law, the "legal" basis of dictatorship. Legislative power is transferred to the executive. All political parties other than the NSDAP are banned. A dictatorship in all but name is established
441 in the Reichstag vote for the Enabling Bill, only 94 against
The title of Fuhrer and Chancellor is soon understood to mean Head of State & Head of Government & given by propaganda the title of Fuhrer des deutschen Reiches und Volkes (Leader of the German Reich and People), the name the soldiers had to swear
The title of Reichspresident however was not taken by Hitler; instead, he wanted to let his title remain Fuhrer und Reichskanzler, for respect of Hindenburgs achievements as a WWI hero who became Germany's President.
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Opposes the Enabling Act with the Social Democrats, rejecting the transfer of legislative power to Hitler's cabinet.
Votes with the Centre Party for the Enabling Act, a decision later criticised as helping destroy parliamentary government.
Represents the armed Nazi presence around Hitler as the Enabling Act is passed under conditions of coercion.
Supports the Enabling Act as Interior Minister, giving the cabinet authority to override ordinary constitutional safeguards.
Promotes the Enabling Act as a national rescue measure while Nazi propaganda attacks Marxists and parliamentary opposition.
Uses control of Prussian police and auxiliary forces to reinforce Nazi dominance before the Enabling Act vote.
Presides over the Reichstag session in the Kroll Opera House while SA and SS pressure surrounds the vote on the Enabling Act.
Serves as Justice Minister as the Enabling Act enables laws that bypass normal constitutional and parliamentary limits.
Votes for the Enabling Act with his party delegation, a decision he later regarded as a grave political mistake.
Benefits from the emergency atmosphere surrounding the Enabling Act as SS and police power expand under Nazi rule.
Presents the Enabling Act to the Reichstag as a law to remove distress from people and Reich, demanding cabinet power to legislate without Parliament.
Promises that the Government will respect the churches and states, using reassurance to win conservative and Centre Party support for the Enabling Act.
Votes against the Enabling Act as part of the Social Democratic opposition to Hitler's dictatorship.
Backs the Enabling Act as Hitler's nationalist coalition partner, expecting conservative influence to remain inside the Government.
Leads Centre Party support for the Enabling Act after Hitler offers assurances on church rights and federal institutions.
Votes for the Enabling Act with the German State Party after pressure and misjudgement about Nazi intentions.
Remains in Hitler's cabinet as the Enabling Act transforms the Government into a dictatorship with legal form.
Supports the Enabling Act from inside the conservative coalition, helping give Hitler dictatorial powers through legal procedure.
Represents the excluded communist opposition, whose deputies are absent after arrests, flight and repression following the Reichstag fire.
Commands SA power that intimidates political opponents during the period in which the Enabling Act is forced through.
Supports the Enabling Act with Catholic conservative deputies, helping provide the two-thirds majority Hitler needs.
Votes with the Social Democratic deputies against the Enabling Act despite Nazi intimidation around the Reichstag session.
Continues as Finance Minister while the Enabling Act transfers legislative authority from Parliament to Hitler's cabinet.
Supports Hitler's cabinet as Labour Minister when the Enabling Act destroys parliamentary checks on legislation.
Supports the Centre Party line in favour of the Enabling Act after negotiations with Hitler's Government.
Is unable to oppose the Enabling Act in the Reichstag because the KPD has been suppressed and he is under arrest.
Cannot vote against the Enabling Act because he is imprisoned after being accused in connection with the Reichstag fire.
Speaks against the Enabling Act, declaring that freedom and life can be taken, but honour cannot be taken.
Nazi Germany cultivated the Fuhrerprinzip (leader principle), and Hitler was generally known as just der Fuhrer ("the Leader")
The Kroll Opera House, where the voting will be held, is surrounded by SA & SS. The Centre Party votes for the Enabling Law, the "legal" basis of dictatorship
Thw Kroll Opera House, where the voting will be held, is surrounded by SA & SS. Hitler tells Wels that his death-knell had sounded
The Reichstag convenes in the Kroll Opera House
Signs the Enabling Act after the Reichstag vote, allowing Hitler's cabinet to enact laws without Reichstag approval.
Uses the Enabling Act after its approval to govern by cabinet law and accelerate the coordination of Germany under Nazi rule.
Bishops withdraw their ban on membership of the Nazi party
The US "declines" to recognize the German occupation of Bohemia & Moravia. Roosevelt requests an assurance Germany will not invade any country from a list of 31
The Nazi regime bans The Testament of Dr Mabuse after its release is blocked.
German bishops withdraw their ban on Nazism
Oversees the first coordination law that reshapes state parliaments according to the Reichstag election result.
The SS is put under the command of Josef Dietrich who had selected 117 men for the SS-Stabswache Berlin, out of these three would become divisional commanders,at least eight would become regimental commanders, fifteen became battalion commanders
The SS had grown from a tiny personal bodyguard unit to a formation of over 50,000 men, the decision is made to form a new bodyguard unit, picking the most capable and trustworthy SS men to form its cadre
The SS is put under the command of Josef Dietrich who had selected 117 men for the SS-Stabswache Berlin, out of these three would become divisional commanders,at least eight would become regimental commanders, fifteen became battalion commanders.
The Nazis seize Jewish bank accounts
Approves a national boycott of Jewish businesses, lawyers and doctors as an early public act of antisemitic Nazi policy.
National boycott of all Jewish businesses & professions
Introduces the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, removing Jews and political opponents from public posts.
Appoints Nazi Reich Governors to run all German states subjecting them to the Reich
Becomes Minister President of Prussia, consolidating Nazi control over Germany's largest state.
Creates the Gestapo in Prussia, establishing a secret police instrument for surveillance and repression.
Anglo-German trade agreement
Goering is placed in charge of the Reich Air Ministry and the secret development of German air power
Stages May Day as the Day of National Labour before the regime destroys the independent trade unions.
Becomes a self-appointed theorist of the NAZI state. Appointed Member of NSDAP
The "Joy of Victory" celebrations take place
Trades Union leaders are put in concentration camps
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.
Bonfires are started with proscribed books of anti-Nazi writers
Addresses the Berlin book burning, where works by Jewish, liberal, socialist and anti-Nazi writers are publicly destroyed.
Bonfires are started with proscribed books of anti-Nazi writers
Forms the German Labour Front to replace independent trade unions with a Nazi-controlled labour organisation.
Decadent books are burnt in a purge by the Nazis
Tollers books are burnt as part of a Nazi purge of decadent literature
Gives a Reichstag speech claiming Germany seeks peace while demanding equality of rights in armaments.
The Nazis win elections in Danzig
Accuses Muller of abandoning the legal basis of the Protestant church
Appointed Prime Minister of Prussia
Hitler visits Hindenburg where Blomberg threatens to crush the SA with the Army
Frick dissolves the Social Democratic Party as "subversive & inimical to the state"
Bans the Social Democratic Party, removing the last major organised parliamentary opposition to Nazi rule.
Frick dissolves the Social Democratic Party as "subversive & inimical to the state"
Resigns from the cabinet as the German Nationalist partners lose leverage inside the Nazi-dominated Government.
Resigns from the Government
Rounds up SA leaders in Munich & arrests them
Policy change of the "National revolution" combining Nationalism & Socialism
1st propaganda leaflet drop over Austria, denouncing Dollfuss
The Catholic Bavarian Peoples Party announces its dissolution
The German National Party announces its dissolution
The German National Party announces its dissolution
The Peoples Party announces its dissolution
The Centre Party announces its dissolution
Accepts the dissolution of the Centre Party after pressure from the Nazi regime and negotiations around the Reich Concordat.
The Centre Party announces its dissolution
Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome
Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome
Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome
The world learns of the concordat signed between Germany & the Holy See
The National Socialist German Workers Party becomes the only political party
Dismisses all members of the Cabinet who are not Nazi sympathisers
The National Socialist German Workers Party becomes the only political party
Approves the Law Against the Formation of New Parties, making the NSDAP Germany's only legal political party.
The NSDAP becomes the political party allowed in Germany
A law is passed "for the prevention of the propogation of hereditary illness"
Sponsors hereditary health legislation authorising compulsory sterilisation under Nazi racial and eugenic policy.
A pact between France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy is signed
The Catholic Church agrees not to become involved in Germany if Catholicism is allowed
The concordat is formally signed
Signs the Reich Concordat with Cardinal Pacelli, regulating relations between Nazi Germany and the Holy See.
Appointed Chief of Staff
Publication of "Kampf gegen die Hochfinanz" ("The Fight against high finance"). Publication of "Die Juden" ("The Jews")
Publication of "Kampf gegen die Hochfinanz" ("The Fight against high finance"). Publication of "Die Juden" ("The Jews")
Publication of "Kampf gegen die Hochfinanz" ("The Fight against high finance"). Publication of "Die Juden" ("The Jews")
Publication of "Kampf gegen die Hochfinanz" ("The Fight against high finance"). Publication of "Die Juden" ("The Jews")
Marinus van der Lubbe, Ernst Torgler, Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoi Popov, and Vassil Tanev are indicted on charges of setting the Reichstag on fire
Publication of "Kampf gegen die Hochfinanz" ("The Fight against high finance"). Publication of "Die Juden" ("The Jews")
Publication of "Kampf gegen die Hochfinanz" ("The Fight against high finance"). Publication of "Die Juden" ("The Jews")
Marinus van der Lubbe, Ernst Torgler, Georgi Dimitrov, Blagoi Popov, and Vassil Tanev are indicted on charges of setting the Reichstag on fire
Appointed under-secretary at the Ministry of Economics, disappointing Feder who had hoped for a much higher position
Directs SOS Eisberg, a German adventure film shot in Greenland.
Establishes the Reich Chamber of Culture to control writers, artists, musicians, theatre, press, radio and film.
Promotes the Reich Hereditary Farm Law, tying Nazi rural policy to race, landholding and peasant ideology.
Appointed Bishop of the Reich
The Reichs Chamber of Culture is founded under the new Minister of Propaganda
The Reichs Chamber of Culture is founded under the new Minister of Propaganda
Ludwig Muller is appointed Bishop of the Reich
Ludwig Muller becomes Bishop of the Reich
The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (SS-LAH) becomes Adolf Hitler's personal Bodyguard Regiment ("Leibstandarte" being the German word for "bodyguard")
The Reichs Chamber of Culture is founded under the new Minister of Propaganda. All manuscripts need to be submitted to the ministry before publication
Appointed Adjutant General
Transferred into the air force, at that time a defensive force
Jodl is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel while serving in the Truppenamt.
Founds & leads new German Nationalist political Party in Czech
Withdraws Germany from disarmament talks and the League.
Announces Germany's withdrawal from the League of Nations and the Geneva Disarmament Conference.
Germany leaves the League of Nations, because it cannot fully rearm
Advises Hitler to withdraw from the League of Nations
Handles the diplomatic consequences as Germany leaves the League of Nations and the disarmament negotiations.
Appointed Major
Freikorps leaders symbolically gave their old Battle flags to Hitler's Sturmabteilung and Schutzstaffel in a huge ceremony
Holds a one-party Reichstag election and referendum after opposition parties have been destroyed or forced to dissolve.
Directs propaganda for the referendum endorsing withdrawal from the League of Nations and the one-party Reichstag election.
Consolidates his control of the Prussian police apparatus after months of emergency arrests and political repression.
As a means of preventing labour disaffection, the DAF established Strength Through Joy (Kraft durch Freude, KdF), to provide a range of benefits and amenities to the German working class and their families.
Some of the world's first purpose built cruise-liners, the Wilhelm Gustloff and the Robert Ley, were built to take KdF members on Mediterranean cruises.
These included subsidised holidays both at resorts across Germany and in "safe" countries abroad (particularly Italy).
As a means of preventing labour disaffection, the DAF established Strength Through Joy (Kraft durch Freude, KdF), to provide a range of benefits and amenities to the German working class and their families.
Some of the world's first purpose built cruise-liners, the Wilhelm Gustloff and the Robert Ley, were built to take KdF members on Mediterranean cruises.
These included subsidised holidays both at resorts across Germany and in "safe" countries abroad (particularly Italy).
Appointed State Councillor
As a means of preventing labour disaffection, the DAF established Strength Through Joy (Kraft durch Freude, KdF), to provide a range of benefits and amenities to the German working class and their families.
Some of the world's first purpose built cruise-liners, the Wilhelm Gustloff and the Robert Ley, were built to take KdF members on Mediterranean cruises.
These included subsidised holidays both at resorts across Germany and in "safe" countries abroad (particularly Italy).
The NSDAP becomes the party of the state
Gains institutional importance as the Law to Secure the Unity of Party and State binds the NSDAP to the German state.
Approves the law declaring the Nazi Party and state inseparable, formalising one-party rule after the destruction of opposition.
At the end of the trial only Van der Lubbe is convicted, while his fellow defendants are found not guilty
Appointed Aktionsfuhrer, riot leader, by Hitler against Jewish shops
The Party receives a subsidy of 8 million crowns from Rudolf Hess. The Party newspaper receives 120,000 Czech crowns from the 3rd Reich
Splitting the Nazis under Gregor Strasser fails
Appointed Ambassador of Russia
Appointed Ambassador of Austria
Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe
Arrested & sent to Dachau
Founds the Austrian Legion which remains mobilized in Bavaria on the Austrian border
Appointed Chief of the Munich Police
Appointed Commander for Military District III in Potsdam
Appointed Commander of the 3rd battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment
"as long as the police carries out the will of the leadership it is acting legally"
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
Dismissed by the Nazis
Sees the 3rd Reich as a betrayed revolution. Dismissed for organizing settlements of farmers around large cities. Believes Hitler is increasingly "pandering" to industrialists
Dismisses all the police in Prussia who are not Nazi sympathisers
Unknown to Schleicher, Papen was holding secret meetings with both Hitler and Hindenburg, who then refused Schleichers request for emergency powers and another dissolution of the Reichstag. The President dismisses Schleicher, calling Hitler into power on 30 January 1933. Resigns when Hindenburg refuses to proclaim a national emergency & call elections
Resigns when Hindenburg refuses to proclaim a national emergency & call elections
The Nazis win Lippe & create a crisis in the Schleicher Government
Emigrates to Austria
Leaves Germany after conflict with the Nazi film authorities.
Forced to flee to Switzerland because of his opposition to Hitler
Scheidemann goes into exile following the Nazi takeover
Habicht is deported in 1933 after the Austrian Government finally decides to ban the Nazi Party
The most senior KPD leader to escape is Walter Ulbricht, who goes into exile in the Soviet Union
Appointed Foreign Minister
Appointed Gauleiter of Franconia
Appointed Gauleiter for Essen
Appointed Head of the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF)
Formed after all independent German labour unions were made illegal in May 1933
The DAF take over the existing Nazi trade union formation, the National Socialist Factory Cell Organisation (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation, NSBO) as well as the main trade union federation
The DAF, the German Labour Front, is the amalgamation of all German unions into one Reich union
There was no wage bargaining, no industrial action or strikes and no protests. Established "for the good of the fatherland"
Joins Hitler's 1st Cabinet & is as a respectable & conservative frontman
Appointed Governor of State
Builds an electron microscope with magnification exceeding that of contemporary light microscopes.
Appointed Head of the Hitler Youth, Hitlerjugend
Appointed Inspector of the Austrian Nazi Party by Hitler
Founds the Austrian Legion which remains mobilized in Bavaria on the Austrian border
Bans kosher food
Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe
Appointed Major
Appointed Minister of Aviation
Appointed Minister of Science, Education & Culture
Appointed Minister of Finance, 2nd term
Appointed Minister of Finance, 2nd term
Other posts include Bavarian Minister of Justice & Reich Minister without portfolio
Appointed Minister without Portfolio
Calls up SA & SS members as "police auxiliaries"
The DAF take over the existing Nazi trade union formation, the National Socialist Factory Cell Organisation (Nationalsozialistische Betriebszellenorganisation, NSBO) as well as the main trade union federation
Broadcasts a promise to reconcile with France once the Saarland is returned
Hitler decrees that treason would only be tried by a newly established Volksgerichtshof, notorious for its death sentences
Has the Marxist Press banned. Has 4,000 Communists & Social Democrats arrested
Allows Hitler to accelerate the banning of the Communist Party & confirm Nazi claims of a pending Communist revolution
Appointed Section Leader of the Secret State Police
The Conference of Protestant Churches is declared illegal
Appointed Rector
All text books are re-written to be pro-Nazi
Serves the deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess. A Reich leader of the Nazi Party
Appointed Reich Air Marshal. Appointed Interior Minister for Prussia
Becomes Reichskommissar, later Reichsstatthalter, for Bavaria
Works to defend the Jewish community as President of the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden. An umbrella organisation that unites German Jewry from 1933-1938
Instrumental in attempts to negotiate the return of the House of Hohenzollern
Broadcasts a promise Germany will reconcile with France once the Saarland is returned
Appointed Section Leader, serves under Heydrich
Forms Hitler's 120 strong bodyguard
Appointed Member of Waffen SS. Appointed Member of SS
Appointed SS-Gruppenfuehrer, on the day Hitler comes to power
Appointed State Secretary
Hitler decrees that treason would only be tried by a newly established Volksgerichtshof, notorious for its death sentences
Appointed Vice Chancellor to Hitler
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
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