Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

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  • Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor

    Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
    The National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei; NSDAP), more commonly known as the Nazi Party, assumes control of the German state when German President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coalition government. The Nazis and the German Nationalist People's Party (Deutschnationale Volkspartei; DNVP) are members of the coalition

  • Reichstag Fire Decree

    Reichstag Fire Decree
    The day after the German parliament (Reichstag) building burned down due to arson, President Hindenburg issues the Decree for the Protection of People and the Reich

  • Timeline of Events

    Timeline of Events
    Outside the town of Dachau, Germany, the SS (Schutzstaffel, Protection Squads) establishes its first concentration camp to incarcerate political opponent

  • Anti-Jewish Boycott

    Anti-Jewish Boycott
    Less than 3 months after coming to power in Germany, the Nazi leadership stages an economic boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses and the offices of Jewish professionals

  • Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service

    Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
    The German government issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service (Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums), which excludes Jews and other political opponents of the Nazis from all civil service positions. The law initially exempts those who had worked in the civil service since August 1, 1914, those who were veterans of World War I, or those with a father or son killed in action in World War I.

  • Law Limits Jews in Public Schools

    Law Limits Jews in Public Schools
    The German government issues the Law against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities, which dramatically limits the number of Jewish students attending public schools

  • Book Burning

    Book Burning
    On May 10, 1933, university students burn upwards of 25,000 “un-German” books in Berlin’s Opera Square. Some 40,000 people gather to hear Joseph Goebbels deliver a fiery address: “No to decadence and moral corruption!

  • Editors Law

    Editors Law
    The Editors Law (Schriftleitergesetz) forbids non-“Aryans” to work in journalism