Election
Business leaders meet at the Presidents Palace & agree to financially support Hitler
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1933 in Germany — Page 2
Explore 333 historical events and records for Germany in 1933.
Historical records for Germany in 1933
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February
Auxiliary Police
Authorizes SA, SS and Stahlhelm members as auxiliary police in Prussia, strengthening Nazi street power before the election.
State of Emergency
Declares a state of emergency
Plot
Launches a raid on the Communist Party HQ
Raid
Launches a raid on the Karl Liebknecht Haus
Plot
Leads an SA detachment from the Presidents Palace through a tunnel
Plot
Suspected of being involved because a tunnel leads from his office to the Reichstag
Plot
The Nazis burn down the Reichstag & blame a communist plot
Reichstag Fire
Uses the Reichstag fire politically, presenting it as evidence of a communist threat to the state.
Reichstag Fire
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
Civil Rights
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
Constitution of Germany
Allows Hitler to use emergency powers under Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution
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. Individual liberty under the Weimer constitution is suspended
Constitution of Germany
Constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree. After the Reichstag fire constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree
Plot
Claims van der Lubbe was a pawn in in Communist Plot to lunch a campaign of terror
Plot
Persuaded by Hitler to suspend civil liberties because of a communist threat
Plot
Hitler promulgates a decree "for the protection of the People & the State"
Plot
Constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree
President of Germany
Decides to appoint Hitler as Chancellor to prevent a Communist revolution
Reichstag Fire
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
Reichstag Fire
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.
Reichstag Fire Decree
Helps implement emergency powers that allow the Nazi Government to suppress communist and socialist organisations.
Reichstag Fire Decree
Signs the Reichstag Fire Decree, suspending civil liberties and permitting detention without normal constitutional protection.
Reichstag Fire Decree
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
Reichstag Fire Decree
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.
Election
Directs his campaign against 14yrs of party Government
Plot
The Reichstag Fire trial is held but the communist leaders are acquitted
Police
Establishes an auxilliary police force of 50,000 composed of SA & SS members
Purge
Purges the Prussian administration & appoints loyal party supporters
Trial
At the end of the Reichstag Fire trial only Van der Lubbe is convicted, while his fellow defendants are found not guilty
March
Alliance Werner von Blomberg and Nazi Party
Issues a directive to the Officer Corps openly supporting the NAZIs
Communist Party
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
Coup
The police & SA sieze all Communist Party buildings in Germany along with weapons claimed to be used for a coup
Decree
As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned
Plot
As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned
Chancellor
The NSDAP wins only 44% of the vote but are able to use it to gain total power
Election
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
Election
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
Election
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.
Election
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%.
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