Adolf hitler

Hitler: From chancellorship to presidency

By Torjusguy
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    Hitlers rise to presidency

  • Hitler elected chancellor

    President von Hindenburg elects Adolf Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany

  • Reichtag fire

    Dutch communist "confesses" to the crime and is beheaded.

  • General elections

    The NSDAP gains 44% of German peoples votes and are granted 288 seats in the Reichtag.

  • Enabling act

    The SA intimidates the remaining threats to the party

  • Union leaders arrested

    Local trade union leaders were apprehended

  • All political parties banned

    Every party except the NSDAP was abolished creating a one party state

  • Night of the long knives

    SA leaders murdered including Ernst Roehm and 400 other SA members

  • Hitler declares himself president

    After Hindenburg dies Hitler declares himself the sole leader of Germany