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1934 in Germany — Page 4

Explore 186 historical events and records for Germany in 1934.

Historical records for Germany in 1934

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Arrest of Konrad Adenauer

Adenauer, Konrad · Politics / Christian Democratic Party

Arrested by the Gestapo

Assistant Chief

Himmler, Heinrich · Asst Chief-Gestapo · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Assistant Chief of the Gestapo

Chief of Army Dept

Fromm, Friedrich · Chief of Army Dept · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of the Army Department in the War Ministry

Chief of Army High Command

Fritsch, Werner Freiherr · Chief of Army High Command · Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of the High Command of the Army

Colonel

Model, Otto Moritz Walter · Colonel · Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel

Colonel General

Blomberg, Werner von · Colonel General · Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel General

Commander of Army Group 2

Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von · Kassel · Commander of Army Group 2 · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of Army Group 2

Commander of Dachau

Eike, Theodore · Commander of Dachau · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Commander of Dachau Concentration Camp

Commander of Infantry Regiment

Model, Otto Moritz Walter · Commander of Infantry Regiment · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment

Commander of Military District

Kluge, Guenther Hans von · Commander of Military District · Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the Military District VI

Commander of PSP

Himmler, Heinrich · Berlin · Commander of PSP · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Commander of the Prussian Secret Police

Concentration Camps

Eike, Theodore · Inspector of Concn Camps · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Inspector of concentration camps by Himmler

Concentration Camps

Goebbels, Paul Joseph · Berlin · Minister of Propaganda · Government / NSDAP Government

"Anti-social members of society into useful members by the most humane means possible"

Constitution of Germany

Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor · Government / NSDAP Government

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

Constitution of Germany

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

Abolishes the title & office of the President

Coup

Habicht, Theodor August Otto Wilhelm · Plenipotentiary · Government / NSDAP Government

Helps make plans for the German capture of Austria

Coup

Hitler, Adolf · Brenner Pass · Chancellor · Government / NSDAP Government

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

Coup

Hitler, Adolf · Chancellor · Revolution / Revolution of Germany

Mussolini mobilizes 4 Divs after the assassination of Dolfuss, Hitler's coup fails

Coup

Papen, Franz von · Vienna · Ambassador of Germany · Government / NSDAP Government

Sent to Vienna to restore "normal & friendly relations" after a failed Nazi coup

Department Chief

Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert · Berlin · Department Chief · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Department Chief on Rudolf Hess Staff

Divisional Commander

Kluge, Guenther Hans von · Divisional Commander · Warfare / Military

Appointed Divisional Commander

Education

Rosenberg, Alfred · Government / NSDAP Government

Placed in charge of the education programme

Elite College

Giesler, Paul · Sonthofen · Arts / Architecture

Involved in the construction of the NAZI Elite College at Sonthofen

Execution

Hitler, Adolf · Chancellor · Government / NSDAP Government

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

Exile of Herbert Marcuse

Marcuse, Herbert · Humanities / Social Science

Takes refuge in the USA after the Nazis come to power

German Labour Front (DAF)

Ley, Robert · Leader German Labour Front (DAF) · Politics / NSDAP

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

Gestapo

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

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"

Gestapo

Himmler, Heinrich · Asst Chief-Gestapo · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Assistant Chief of the Gestapo

Gestapo

Hitler, Adolf · Fuhrer Chancellor · Government / NSDAP Government

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"

Health of Karl Brandt

Brandt, Karl · Dr · Science / Medicine

Appointed Adolf Hitler's personal doctor-in-residence

Hitler's Doctor

Brandt, Karl · Dr · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Adolf Hitler's personal doctor-in-residence

Institute Relocates to New York

Marcuse, Herbert · Humanities / Social Science

Marcuse worked with the relocated Institute for Social Research as its scholars developed critical social theory in the United States.

Interview

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

Announces to a Daily Mail reporter that "war will not come again"

League of Nations

Hitler, Adolf · Berlin · Fuhrer and Chancellor · Warfare / League of Nations

Germany leaves the League of Nations

Lehrerbund

Rust, Bernhard · Berlin · Minister of Science · Government / NSDAP Government

97% of all teachers are enrolled in the NS-Lehrerbund

Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH)

Himmler, Heinrich · Reichfuehrer SS · Government / NSDAP Government

In early 1934, Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, orders the Leibstandarte to be renamed Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH)

Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH)

Himmler, Heinrich · Reichfuehrer SS · Government / NSDAP Government

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

Major General

Keitel, Wilhelm · Major General · Warfare / Military

Appointed Major General

Military District III

Manstein, Fritz Erich von · Berlin · Chief of Staff · Warfare / Military

Manstein served as chief of staff to General Erwin von Witzleben in Military District III. This Berlin-based assignment placed him in a significant administrative and operational staff position.

Minister of Economics

Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar · Minister of Economics · Government / NSDAP Government

Appointed Minister of Economics

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