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1934 in Germany

Explore 186 historical events and records for Germany in 1934.

Historical records for Germany in 1934

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January

Legislation

Hitler, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Sterilization measures come into effect to prevent hereditary illness

Letter

Rohm, Ernst ยท Head of SA ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Thanked by Hitler for "services rendered to the National Socialist movement"

National Socialism

Rohm, Ernst ยท Head of SA ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Thanked by Hitler for "services rendered to the National Socialist movement"

Reichstag Fire

Hitler, Adolf ยท Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Van der Lubbe is beheaded in a German prison yard after being found guilty of the Reichstag fire

Pact between Germany and Poland

Hitler, Adolf ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland

Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland

Hitler, Adolf ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland

Alliance Adolf Hitler and France

Hitler, Adolf ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Diffuses aggressive intentions & draws Poland away from an alliance with France

Alliance Agreement with France

Hitler, Adolf ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Diffuses aggressive intentions & draws Poland away from an alliance with France

Signs a pact of non-aggression with Poland

Hitler, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Signs a pact of non-aggression with Poland

February

Plot

Hitler, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of ths SA

Purge

Blomberg, Werner von ยท Berlin ยท General ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting activity of the SA

Reform of Government

Blomberg, Werner von ยท Berlin ยท General ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting activity of the SA

Reform of Government

Hitler, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of ths SA

April

Birth of Ulrike Marie Meinhof

Meinhof, Ulrike Marie ยท Politics / Baader-Meinhof Group

Birth of Ulrike Marie Meinhof

Constitution of Germany

Hitler, Adolf ยท Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Abolishes state assemblies & transfers all sovereign power to the Reich

Gestapo

Heydrich, Reinhard Tristan Eugen ยท Head of SD ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Goering forms a partnership with Himmler and Heydrich, placing the Gestapo under their control, in order to crush the SA

Reform of Policing

Himmler, Heinrich ยท Berlin ยท Reichfuehrer SS ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Himmler has control over the SS, Gestapo (political police) & SD (secret police). Goering hands over the Gestapo to Himmler

Reform of Secret Police

Goering, Herman ยท Berlin ยท Minister President ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Goering hands over the Gestapo to Himmler

Sicherheitsdienst

Heydrich, Reinhard Tristan Eugen ยท Head of SD ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Goering forms a partnership with Himmler and Heydrich, placing the Gestapo under their control, in order to crush the SA

May

Meeting with Anthony Eden & refuses to make any

Ribbentrop, Joachim von ยท Special Commissioner ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Meets Anthony Eden & refuses to make any armament concessions

June

National Socialist Revolution

Hitler, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler has a meeting with Rohm for 5 hrs & warns him not to start a 2nd revolution

National Socialist Revolution

Rohm, Ernst ยท Berlin ยท Head of SA ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler meets Rohm, the SA is asked to take 1 months leave. Hitler has a meeting with Rohm for 5 hrs & warns him not to start a 2nd revolution

Sturmabteilung (SA)

Hitler, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler has a meeting with Rohm, the SA has to take 1 months leave

Meeting with In Venice

Hitler, Adolf ยท Venice ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Hitler & Mussolini meet in Venice

Speech

Jung, Edgar ยท Marburg ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Drafts Papens speech at the University of Marburg, calls for a halt to Nazi excess

Speech

Papen, Franz von ยท Marburg ยท Government / NSDAP Government

At the University of Marburg calls for a halt to the Nazi excesses

Plot

Hitler, Adolf ยท Berlin ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Promises General Blomber that he will suppress the SA leadership. Meets with Lutze & declares that the SA must go

Sturmabteilung (SA)

Blomberg, Werner von ยท Berlin ยท General ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Meets with Lutze & declares that the SA must go

Sturmabteilung (SA)

Blomberg, Werner von ยท Berlin ยท General ยท Warfare / Military

Meets with Lutze & declares that the SA must go

Arrest during Night of the Long Knives

Kahr, Gustav Ritter von ยท Munich ยท Former General State Commissioner ยท Government / NSDAP Government

An SS commando arrests Kahr at his Munich home during the Night of the Long Knives and transports him toward Dachau.

Arrest of Ernst Rohm

Rohm, Ernst ยท Bad Wiesee ยท Head of SA ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Arrested alongside othe SA leader & held in a prison cell in Munich

Arrest of Ernst Rohm and other SA Leaders

Hitler, Adolf ยท Bad Wiesee ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested

Arrest of Ernst Rohm and other SA Leaders

Hitler, Adolf ยท Bad Wiesee ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested. Confronts Rohm, accuses hime of organizing a rebellion & has him arrested

Arrest of Nazi Party rivals

Hitler, Adolf ยท Fuhrer Chancellor ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Orders the arrest & execution of all rivals to him within the Nazi Party

Assassination of Kurt von Schleicher

Schleicher, Kurt von ยท Berlin ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives

Coup

Heydrich, Reinhard Tristan Eugen ยท Head of SD ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Heydrich has his men uncover false "evidence" that SA leader Ernst Rohm was plotting to overthrow Hitler

Death of Edgar Jung

Jung, Edgar ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Death of Edgar Jung, executed by the Nazis

Death of Fritz Beck

Beck, Fritz ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Death of Fritz Beck, executed by the Nazis

Death of Fritz Gerlich

Gerlich, Fritz ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Death of Fritz Gerlich, executed by the Nazis

Death of Kurt von Schleicher

Schleicher, Kurt von ยท Berlin ยท Government / NSDAP Government

Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives

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