1 January 1934LegislationAdolf Hitler
Sterilization measures come into effect to prevent hereditary illness
Historical records for Germany in 1934, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Sterilization measures come into effect to prevent hereditary illness
Thanked by Hitler for "services rendered to the National Socialist movement"
Thanked by Hitler for "services rendered to the National Socialist movement"
Van der Lubbe is beheaded in a German prison yard after being found guilty of the Reichstag fire
Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland
Pact of non-aggression and friendship between Germany and Poland
Diffuses aggressive intentions & draws Poland away from an alliance with France
Diffuses aggressive intentions & draws Poland away from an alliance with France
Signs a pact of non-aggression with Poland
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of ths SA
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting activity of the SA
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting activity of the SA
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of ths SA
Birth of Ulrike Marie Meinhof
Abolishes state assemblies & transfers all sovereign power to the Reich
Goering forms a partnership with Himmler and Heydrich, placing the Gestapo under their control, in order to crush the SA
Himmler has control over the SS, Gestapo (political police) & SD (secret police). Goering hands over the Gestapo to Himmler
Goering hands over the Gestapo to Himmler
Goering forms a partnership with Himmler and Heydrich, placing the Gestapo under their control, in order to crush the SA
Meets Anthony Eden & refuses to make any armament concessions
Hitler has a meeting with Rohm for 5 hrs & warns him not to start a 2nd revolution
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
Hitler has a meeting with Rohm, the SA has to take 1 months leave
Hitler & Mussolini meet in Venice
Drafts Papens speech at the University of Marburg, calls for a halt to Nazi excess
At the University of Marburg calls for a halt to the Nazi excesses
Promises General Blomber that he will suppress the SA leadership. Meets with Lutze & declares that the SA must go
Meets with Lutze & declares that the SA must go
Meets with Lutze & declares that the SA must go
An SS commando arrests Kahr at his Munich home during the Night of the Long Knives and transports him toward Dachau.
Arrested alongside othe SA leader & held in a prison cell in Munich
Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested
Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested. Confronts Rohm, accuses hime of organizing a rebellion & has him arrested
Orders the arrest & execution of all rivals to him within the Nazi Party
Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives
Heydrich has his men uncover false "evidence" that SA leader Ernst Rohm was plotting to overthrow Hitler
Death of Edgar Jung, executed by the Nazis
Death of Fritz Beck, executed by the Nazis
Death of Fritz Gerlich, executed by the Nazis
Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives
Executed by the Nazis, Director of the Students Welfare Fund
Execution of Fritz Gerlich, executed by the Nazis for editing an anti-Nazi newspaper
Orders the arrest & execution of all rivals to him within the Nazi Party. Execution of Fritz Gerlich, executed by the Nazis for editing an anti-Nazi newspaper. Executed by the Nazis, had drafted Papens protest speech 13 days prior. Executed by the Nazis, Director of the Students Welfare Fund
Executed by the Nazis, had drafted Papens protest speech 13 days prior
SS personnel murder Kahr at Dachau during the Night of the Long Knives, eleven years after he opposed Hitler's putsch.
Helps organize the Night of the Long Knives. Goering forms a partnership with Himmler and Heydrich, placing the Gestapo under their control, in order to crush the SA
Heydrich and Himmler put pressure on Hitler to purge the leading members of the SA, and they assure him that the SS will carry out the murders, Heydrich had drawn up lists of all of the powerful SA men to be killed along with Rohm.
Heydrich has his men uncover false "evidence" that SA leader Ernst Rohm was plotting to overthrow Hitler.
Rohm is shot without trial along with all of the important members of the SA in this bloodbath, which the Nazis coined the Night of the Long Knives.
Plays a leading part in eliminating many leaders of the SA who are a threat to Hitler
Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested
Gives the codeword, "Kolibri" & triggers off a massacre in Berlin. Assassinations against the SA & ideas of Ernst Roehm who wants a Socialist revolution
Assassinations against the SA & ideas of Ernst Roehm who wants a Socialist revolution
Has a list of those who are executed. Goering & Himmler organize the arrest of the SA in Berlin
NSDAP Reichstag deputy, shot in bed with his chauffeur & Lustknabe at Bad Wiesee
Hearing of the attempted "Putsch" turns himself in to Gestapo headquarters, executed
The "Hero of Annaberg", shot by SS firing squad in Stadelheim Prison
Goering & Himmler organize the arrest of the SA in Berlin
Shot in his estate by SS troopers on order of his rival Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
Journalist & Speech writer for von Papen, shot in the Lichterfelde Barracks
Head of Preusischen Ministerie Polizei, Center Party, Catholic Action, shot
A group of Nazis attempt to kill Papen but he persuades them not to
Executed by one of Goerings death squads in Berlin
Executed by a group of Nazis
Executed by a group of Nazis
Submits a report to Hitler about Rohms mutinous talk & vice
Submits a report to Hitler about Rohms mutinous talk & vice. Informs the Army of a threatened putsch by the SA, military units go on alert
Death of Ernst Rohm, executed by the NAZIs
Has Gregor Strasser executed, 1 of the founders of the Nazi Party. Former Chancellor Schleicher is gunned down by 6 assassins
The execution of Rohm gives Hitler full control of the SA
Has von Kahr executed because he had led the troops against Hitler's Beer Hall putsch
Rohm refuses to kill himself with a gun which is offerred to him & is executed
Shoots Ernst Rohm
Anti-Nazi Catholic journalist, arrested 9 March 1933, killed at Dachau
SA-Obersturmfuhrer, member of staff SA Gruf Ernst. executed at Lichterfelde
Executed during the Blood Purge
Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives
Death of Erich Klausener, assassinated
Hitler instructs Wilhelm Frick to draft a law making the killings legal
Hitler instructs Wilhelm Frick to draft a law making the killings legal. Defends his actions in the Reichstag which "belonged to a higher justice". Defends himself in the Reichstag as "the Supreme Justiciar of the German People". Announces Rohm, von Schleicher & Gregor Strasser plotted against the Reich
Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives
Nazis murder Dolfuss during a failed coup after he objects to anschluss with Germany
Austrian Nazis break into the Federal Chancellery & assassinate Dolfuss
Nazis murder Dolfuss during a failed coup after he objects to anschluss with Germany
Austrian Nazis break into the Federal Chancellery & assassinate Dolfuss
More than 150 SA leaders are arrested & executed
Severely discredited by the failure, Habicht went into seclusion in the Harz mountains before being allowed to take up the post of Mayor of Wittenberg in 1937. Habicht sets up a leadership-in-exile in Munich which directed a campaign of terror against the Dollfua regime which culminates in a failed coup attempt in the murder of Dollfua in July 1934
Appointed Reichskommissar (Reich commissioner)
A law is passed combining the offices of "Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor" with President
Broadcasts to the nation announcing the merger of the offices of Fuhrer & President
The Ministry of Defence is renamed the Ministry of War, Blomberg becomes Minister of War and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence is renamed the Ministry of War, Blomberg becomes Minister of War and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
After Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg dies, personally orders all soldiers in the army to pledge the Reichswehreid Oath of allegiance not to Volk and Fatherland, but to the new Reichspresident and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
Broadcasts to the nation announcing the merger of the offices of Fuhrer & President
Goebbels makes a broadcast announcing the merger of the offices of Fuhrer & President
Appoints himself as President of Germany after the death of President von Hindenburg
Deth of Hindenburg, Hitler becomes head of state & the army swears an oath to him
Death of Paul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg
After Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg dies, personally orders all soldiers in the army to pledge the Reichswehreid Oath of allegiance not to Volk and Fatherland, but to the new Reichspresident and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
The Ministry of Defence is renamed the Ministry of War, Blomberg becomes Minister of War and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence is renamed the Ministry of War, Blomberg becomes Minister of War and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
The Ministry of Defence is renamed the Ministry of War, Blomberg becomes Minister of War and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
After Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg dies, personally orders all soldiers in the army to pledge the Reichswehreid Oath of allegiance not to Volk and Fatherland, but to the new Reichspresident and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
The armed forces swear an oath of allegiance to the "Fuhrer & Chancellor Adolf Hitler"
Appointed President of Germany
After Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg dies, personally orders all soldiers in the army to pledge the Reichswehreid Oath of allegiance not to Volk and Fatherland, but to the new Reichspresident and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
After Reichspresident Paul von Hindenburg dies, personally orders all soldiers in the army to pledge the Reichswehreid Oath of allegiance not to Volk and Fatherland, but to the new Reichspresident and Fuhrer Adolf Hitler
On the death of Hindenburg proclaims himself Fuhrer, a position created by himself
The powers of the Lander (states) were transferred to the Reich, rendering the Reichsrat obsolete, a month later, the01 Reichsrat itself was dissolved & when President von Hindenburg die in August Hitler appropriated the presidents powers for himself
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the General Staff, advocate of tank blitzkriegs
Issues a decree compelling all workers have to join the Deutsche Arbeits Front
The Nazi labour movement is formed
Appointed Member of Deathshead Formation (Totenkopf Verband)
Rommel meets Hitler for the 1st time during a secular Harvest Festival
Wever helps shape early Luftwaffe doctrine and argues for a strategic bomber force
Appointed German Ambassador of the Soviet Union
Appointed head architect of the Nazi Government
Appointed head architect of the Nazi Government
Orders the Army to increase its strength from 100,000 to 300,000 by October 1 1934
Appointed Special Commissioner for the disarmament negotiations
Arrested by the Gestapo
Appointed Assistant Chief of the Gestapo
Appointed Chief of the Army Department in the War Ministry
Appointed Chief of the High Command of the Army
Appointed Colonel
Appointed Colonel General
Appointed Commander of Army Group 2
Appointed Commander of Dachau Concentration Camp
Appointed Commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment
Appointed Commander of the Military District VI
Appointed Commander of the Prussian Secret Police
Appointed Inspector of concentration camps by Himmler
"Anti-social members of society into useful members by the most humane means possible"
The "Peoples Court" was set up outside the operations of the constitutional frame of law, the court had jurisdiction over a rather broad array of "political offenses," which included crimes like black marketeering, work slowdowns, defeatism and treason
Abolishes the title & office of the President
Helps make plans for the German capture of Austria
Mussolini mobilizes on the Brenner Pass & forces Hitler to give up annexation. Mussolini mobilizes 4 Divs after the assassination of Dolfuss, Hitler's coup fails
Mussolini mobilizes 4 Divs after the assassination of Dolfuss, Hitler's coup fails
Sent to Vienna to restore "normal & friendly relations" after a failed Nazi coup
Appointed Department Chief on Rudolf Hess Staff
Appointed Divisional Commander
Placed in charge of the education programme
Involved in the construction of the NAZI Elite College at Sonthofen
Van der Lubbe is beheaded in a German prison yard after being found guilty of the Reichstag fire
Takes refuge in the USA after the Nazis come to power
The DAF became little more than an arm of the state for the more efficient deployment and disciplining of labour to serve the needs of the regime, particularly its massive expansion of the arms industry
Hitler says of the Gestapo that "all means, even if they are not in conformity with existing laws and precedents, are permitted if they serve the will of the Fuhrer"
Appointed Assistant Chief of the Gestapo
The Gestapo has the authority to arrest citizens on the mere suspicion that they might commit a crime, and the definition of a crime is at their discretion. Hitler says of the Gestapo that "all means, even if they are not in conformity with existing laws and precedents, are permitted if they serve the will of the Fuhrer"
Appointed Adolf Hitler's personal doctor-in-residence
Appointed Adolf Hitler's personal doctor-in-residence
Announces to a Daily Mail reporter that "war will not come again"
Germany leaves the League of Nations
97% of all teachers are enrolled in the NS-Lehrerbund
In early 1934, Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, orders the Leibstandarte to be renamed Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH)
In early 1934, Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, orders the Leibstandarte to be renamed Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). Hitler decided that the SA had to be put in its place, and ordered Himmler and Hermann Goring to prepare their elite units, Himmlers Leibstandarte and Gorings Landespolizeigruppe General Goring, for immediate action
Appointed Major General
Appointed Minister of Economics
Appointed Reich Minister for Science, Education & Culture
Blomberg encourages Hitler to crack down on SA leader Ernst R”hm and his followers, whom he believes pose a serious threat to the army, he condones and participates in the Night of the Long Knives
Blomberg encourages Hitler to crack down on SA leader Ernst R”hm and his followers, whom he believes pose a serious threat to the army, he condones and participates in the Night of the Long Knives
The Reichstag retrospectively makes the plot both "legal & statesmanlike"
The Reichstag retrospectively makes the plot both "legal & statesmanlike"
The "Peoples Court" was set up outside the operations of the constitutional frame of law, the court had jurisdiction over a rather broad array of "political offenses," which included crimes like black marketeering, work slowdowns, defeatism and treason.
The Court handed down an enormous number of death sentences under Judge-President Roland Freisler.
The Peoples Court (German: Volksgerichtshof) is established in 1934 by Hitler, who had been dissatisfied with the outcome of the Reichstag Fire Trial (all but one of the accused were acquitted).
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of the SA
Holds the 1st mass meeting of the Sudeten Deutsche Partei, over 20,000 attend
The Council of the League of Nations places on its agenda the Saarland Plebiscite. Hitler's position as President of Germany is confirmed by a plebiscite of 88%
Placed in charge of the education programme
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of the SA
Becomes leader of the Reichsfrauenfuhrerin, German Womens Labour Service
Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of the SA
Himmlers title became an actual rank after the Night of the Long Knives, Reichsfuhrer-SS became the highest rank of the SS and was considered the equivalent of a Generalfeldmarschall in the German Army
Helps make plans for the German capture of Austria
Sent to Vienna to restore "normal & friendly relations" after a failed Nazi coup
Appointed Special Commissioner for the disarmament negotiations
Helps found an anti-Nazi church coalition
The "Peoples Court" was set up outside the operations of the constitutional frame of law, the court had jurisdiction over a rather broad array of "political offenses," which included crimes like black marketeering, work slowdowns, defeatism and treason
Investigates neutron-bombarded uranium with Meitner and Strassmann.
Begins uranium neutron research with Hahn and Strassmann.
The Peoples Court (German: Volksgerichtshof) is established in 1934 by Hitler, who had been dissatisfied with the outcome of the Reichstag Fire Trial (all but one of the accused were acquitted)
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