VJ Day
The "Joy of Victory" celebrations take place
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1933 in Germany — Page 5
Explore 333 historical events and records for Germany in 1933.
Historical records for Germany in 1933
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May
Arrest of Adolf Hitler
Trades Union leaders are put in concentration camps
Trades Unions
The Nazis suppress German trades unions
Trades Unions
Dissolves the Trades Unions, their leaders are put in concentration camps
Trades Unions
Takes a leading role as SA and police occupy trade union offices, seize funds and arrest union leaders.
Books
Bonfires are started with proscribed books of anti-Nazi writers
Burning Books
Addresses the Berlin book burning, where works by Jewish, liberal, socialist and anti-Nazi writers are publicly destroyed.
Burning Books
Bonfires are started with proscribed books of anti-Nazi writers
German Labour Front
Forms the German Labour Front to replace independent trade unions with a Nazi-controlled labour organisation.
Purge
Decadent books are burnt in a purge by the Nazis
Purge
Tollers books are burnt as part of a Nazi purge of decadent literature
Peace Speech
Gives a Reichstag speech claiming Germany seeks peace while demanding equality of rights in armaments.
Election
The Nazis win elections in Danzig
Synod
Accuses Muller of abandoning the legal basis of the Protestant church
June
Prime Minister of Germany
Appointed Prime Minister of Prussia
Meeting With Hindenburg
Hitler visits Hindenburg where Blomberg threatens to crush the SA with the Army
Social Democratic Party
Frick dissolves the Social Democratic Party as "subversive & inimical to the state"
Social Democratic Party
Bans the Social Democratic Party, removing the last major organised parliamentary opposition to Nazi rule.
Social Democratic Party
Frick dissolves the Social Democratic Party as "subversive & inimical to the state"
Cabinet Resignation
Resigns from the cabinet as the German Nationalist partners lose leverage inside the Nazi-dominated Government.
Resignation of Alfred Hugenberg
Resigns from the Government
Arrest of SA Leaders
Rounds up SA leaders in Munich & arrests them
Neuordnung
Policy change of the "National revolution" combining Nationalism & Socialism
July
1st propaganda leaflet drop over Austria, denouncing Dollfuss
1st propaganda leaflet drop over Austria, denouncing Dollfuss
Catholic Bavarian Peoples Party
The Catholic Bavarian Peoples Party announces its dissolution
German National Party
The German National Party announces its dissolution
German National Party
The German National Party announces its dissolution
Peoples Party
The Peoples Party announces its dissolution
Centre Party
The Centre Party announces its dissolution
Centre Party Dissolution
Accepts the dissolution of the Centre Party after pressure from the Nazi regime and negotiations around the Reich Concordat.
Dissolution
The Centre Party announces its dissolution
Concordat
Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome
Concordat
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
Concordat
The world learns of the concordat signed between Germany & the Holy See
Constitution of Germany
The National Socialist German Workers Party becomes the only political party
Dismissal
Dismisses all members of the Cabinet who are not Nazi sympathisers
National Socialism
The National Socialist German Workers Party becomes the only political party
One Party State
Approves the Law Against the Formation of New Parties, making the NSDAP Germany's only legal political party.
Political Parties
The NSDAP becomes the political party allowed in Germany
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