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Hittler reports for duty
adolf hittler reports for duty in the austrian miltary service. -
rejected
hittler is rejected by the austrian army -
Bavarian army
Hitler petitions King Ludwig III of Bavaria for permission to enlist in the Bavarian army. -
Adolf Hitler enrolls
Adolf Hitler enrolls in the 1st Company of the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry. -
Hitler is assigned
Hitler is assigned to the Western Front and soon becomes a regimental orderly and dispatch runner. -
Adolf Hitler is awarded
Adolf Hitler is awarded the Iron Cross, second class, for bravery under fire. -
Hitler writes a long,
Hitler writes a long, autobiographical letter to his lawyer and friend, Ernst Hepp. -
Hitler is wounded
Hitler is wounded in combat and is taken to an army hospital at Beelitz. -
Adolf Hitler receives
Adolf Hitler receives the Cross of Merit, third class. -
found
the bolsheviks found red army -
Hitler receives the Iron Cross
Hitler receives the Iron Cross, first class. The actual details surrounding its award remain uncertain. -
Hitler is blinded in a gas attack near
Hitler is blinded in a gas attack near Werwick and is taken to an army hospital at Pasewalk near Berlin. After several weeks, his eyesight slowly returns. One of his doctors, Dr. Edmund Forster, is thought to have been the first psychiatrist to treat Hitler. -
Hitler, still in the army
Hitler, still in the army, returns to Munich for duty with the 2nd Infantry Regiment. In a letter written three years later, Hitler wrote that he had returned to Munich on December 18, but may have confused this date with the date of his transfer to Traunstein. (See December 18, 1918 and Hitler letter: November 29, 1921) -
Hitler is ordered
Hitler is ordered to Traunstein for guard duty at prisoner of war camp. -
Hitler returns
Hitler returns to Munich from Traunstein and is again quartered at the List Regiment barracks. -
Hindenburg rejects Hitler's
Hindenburg rejects Hitler's demand to be appointed Chancellor. -
Thirty-nine prominent
Thirty-nine prominent German industrialists and businessmen petition Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as his new Chancellor. Hindenburg refuses. -
Hitler tells
Hitler tells Hermann Rauschning that "One is either a German or a Christian. You cannot be both." (Rauschning) -
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor by President Hindenberg. Franz von Papen becomes Vice-Chancellor. Only three of the eleven posts in the cabinet are held by National Socialists. -
Hitler obtains
Hitler obtains a decree from Hindenburg ordering dissolution of the Reichstag. New elections are called for March 5, 1933. -
Hitler makes his first radio address
Hitler makes his first radio address to the German people after becoming Chancellor. Hitler declares that the members of the new government "would preserve and defend those basic principles on which our nation has been built up. They regard Christianity as the foundation of our national morality and the family as the basis of our national life." (Lewy) -
Hitler bans
Hitler bans all political demonstrations except those of the National Socialists. -
Hitler secretly addresses
Hitler secretly addresses the top leaders of the German armed forces, setting out his aims for the new Germany he envisions. -
Hitler announces a new rule
Hitler announces a new rule "for the protection of the German people" which allows the Nazis to forbid meetings of other political groups. -
Jews begin.
Jews begin an exodus from Nazi Germany. -
Hitler tells a large audience
Hitler tells a large audience in Frankfurt that he "will not be crippled by any bureaucracy. I won't have to worry about justice, my mission is only to destroy and exterminate." -
Hitler appoints Joseph Goebbels
Hitler appoints Joseph Goebbels Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. He quickly begins "coordinating" all aspects of cultural life, the press and communications under the control of the Nazi Party. Day after day, Goebbels drills home the messages of blood, race, and glory, all cleverly designed to appeal to the broadest segment of the German masses. Antisemitism was one of his highest priorities and most useful tools. -
Hitler declares
Hitler declares himself a man of peace and international cooperation in a speech to the Reichstag. -
Nazis arrest
Nazis arrest and beat Jews in Oehringen. -
The Jewish War Veterans
The Jewish War Veterans of America initiates an anti-Nazi boycott. -
Hitler and Hindenburg
Hitler and Hindenburg attend elaborate ceremonies opening the new Reichstag in Potsdam. Hitler and Goebbels intentionally fail to attend special Catholic services. An official communique explains that they feel obliged to absent themselves because Catholic bishops in a number of recent declarations had called Hitler and members of the NSDAP renegades of the Church, who should not be admitted to the sacraments. "To this day, these declarations have not been retracted and the Catholic clergy conti -
The World Alliance
The World Alliance for Combatting Antisemitism calls for a boycott of German goods and services, to last until the Nazis stop persecuting German Jews. (Edelheit) -
Hitler stages a nationwide
Hitler stages a nationwide, one-day boycott of Jewish businesses, physicians and lawyers. Armed SA men are posted in front of Jewish-owned shops and stores to prevent would-be customers from entering. In an effort to silence foreign criticism of Germany's treatment of the Jews, signs are posted in English implying that Jewish claims of persecution are false.(Apparatus) -
Prussian Jews
Prussian Jews are forbidden to act as notary publics. -
On Hitler's 44th birthday
On Hitler's 44th birthday, Monsignor Kaas sends a telegram of congratulations from Rome that is widely published in the German press. Kaas assures Hitler of "unflinching cooperation." This undoubtedly accelerates the movement of Catholics into the Nazi camp. (Lewy) -
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Jewish decrees passed by Germany hit a record, numbering 400. -
Hitler tells Bishop
Hitler tells Bishop Berning and Monsignor Steinmann, representatives of the Catholic Church in Germany, that he is only going to do to the Jews what the Church of Rome has been trying to do without success for over 1,500 years. (Lewy)
