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The Beer Hall Putsch was a failed coup attempt done by the Nazis in order to take over the government in Bavaria. The result of this event was that Hitler was sent to prison and was banned from ever public speaking in Bavaria again - the north of Germany.
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Hitler was supposed to stay in prison for more time than he actually did, and was free from prison in December 20th 1924. During his time in prison, he was seen as a celebrity and wrote his book Mein Kampf. After he left prison, he had gained more support from people all around Germany, and re-launched the Nazi Party after his release.
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The Stock Market crashed. The Great Depression began.
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The Laws of 1933 were a group of 1,448 laws, decrees and policies issued by the Nazis that stated what Jews were and were not allowed to do. It was a clear reflect of anti-semitism. Some of the rules, for example, stated that Jews could not attend medical school; Jews needed to submit passport for verification and others.
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In February 1933, the Reichstag building (parliament building) was on fire. What happened was the communists were blamed for having started the fire because Van de Lubbe - a Dutch communist - was in the building at the time it was on fire. It was beneficial for the Nazis because the communists were expelled from the parliament, censorship began and it helped the Nazis during the election because people would probably not vote for the communists anymore.
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At this time, with the Reichstag fire that happened about a month ago, the Nazis were the largest party in the country. The communists were not running for the elections anymore and the Sturmabteilung (SA) had used violence and fear to intimidate other possible candidates. Then, Hitler issued a new law that stated that the Nazis were the only legal political party and no other parties were able to exist. Also, he could now issue some emergency decrees without Hindenburg's approval.
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Hitler unifies the positions between Chancellor and President and is officially dictator of Germany.
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Hitler requested the murder of about 200 Sturmabteilung (SA) members, including the leader of the paramilitary organization, Röhm. Hitler had in mind that he was being betrayed by them and maybe that they could futurely be some source of opposition.
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The Nuremberg Laws were divided into two sections: Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor, and the Reich Citizenship Law. The first one was made to determine who was to be considered "pure-blooded" and who were the Jews, and how they were not allowed to marry a "pure-blooded" for example. The Reich Citizenship Laws were to state what the Jews could have access to. For example, they were not considered citizens, could not leave the country without certain permission, and many more.
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The Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) was the first time in which the Nazis used physical violence against the Jews. The SS and SA were sent into Jews houses and were told to break everything they wanted and to have arrested 20 to 30 thousand Jewish men by the morning so they were transformed to concentration camps. Also, their houses were set on fire and the firefighters were told not to put the fire out.
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