Exile of Walter Ulbricht
The most senior KPD leader to escape is Walter Ulbricht, who goes into exile in the Soviet Union
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1933 in Germany — Page 8
Explore 333 historical events and records for Germany in 1933.
Historical records for Germany in 1933
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Foreign Secretary of Germany
Appointed Foreign Minister
Gauleiter
Appointed Gauleiter of Franconia
Gauleiter
Appointed Gauleiter for Essen
German Labour Front (DAF)
Appointed Head of the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF)
German Labour Front (DAF)
Formed after all independent German labour unions were made illegal in May 1933
German Labour Front (DAF)
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
German Labour Front (DAF)
The DAF, the German Labour Front, is the amalgamation of all German unions into one Reich union
German Labour Front (DAF)
There was no wage bargaining, no industrial action or strikes and no protests. Established "for the good of the fatherland"
Government
Joins Hitler's 1st Cabinet & is as a respectable & conservative frontman
Governor
Appointed Governor of State
High-Magnification Electron Microscope
Builds an electron microscope with magnification exceeding that of contemporary light microscopes.
Hitler Youth
Appointed Head of the Hitler Youth, Hitlerjugend
Inspector
Appointed Inspector of the Austrian Nazi Party by Hitler
Institute for Social Research in Exile
After the Nazi seizure of power, Horkheimer and the Institute for Social Research continue their work in exile.
Invasion of Austria
Founds the Austrian Legion which remains mobilized in Bavaria on the Austrian border
Joins Institute for Social Research
Marcuse joined the Institute for Social Research, becoming associated with the intellectual tradition later called critical theory.
Kosher Food
Bans kosher food
Leipzig Physics Lectures
Takes part in advanced theoretical-physics activity associated with Leipzig's research community.
Leipzig Theoretical Physics
Helps make Leipzig an international centre for theoretical and nuclear physics.
Luftwaffe
Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe
Major
Appointed Major
Minister of Aviation
Appointed Minister of Aviation
Minister of Education
Appointed Minister of Science, Education & Culture
Minister of Finance
Appointed Minister of Finance, 2nd term
Minister of Finance
Appointed Minister of Finance, 2nd term
Minister of Justice
Other posts include Bavarian Minister of Justice & Reich Minister without portfolio
Minister Without Portfolio
Appointed Minister without Portfolio
Mobilization
Calls up SA & SS members as "police auxiliaries"
National Socialist Factory Cell Organisation
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
Peace Mediation at Saarland
Broadcasts a promise to reconcile with France once the Saarland is returned
Peoples Court
Hitler decrees that treason would only be tried by a newly established Volksgerichtshof, notorious for its death sentences
Plot
Has the Marxist Press banned. Has 4,000 Communists & Social Democrats arrested
Plot
Allows Hitler to accelerate the banning of the Communist Party & confirm Nazi claims of a pending Communist revolution
Police
Appointed Section Leader of the Secret State Police
Promotion to Colonel
Manstein attained the rank of colonel during the expansion of his senior military responsibilities. He continued his career through the transition from the Reichswehr to the armed forces of Nazi Germany.
Protestantism
The Conference of Protestant Churches is declared illegal
Rector
Appointed Rector
Reform of Education
All text books are re-written to be pro-Nazi
Regional Press Officer
Serves the deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess. A Reich leader of the Nazi Party
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