Nazi Germany: Timeline of Events By 15McNamL Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War 1 Jan 1, 1918 End of 2nd Reich Jan 1, 1919 Treaty of Versailles Jan 1, 1923 Occupation of the Ruhr Jan 1, 1929 Wall Street Crash Start of the Great Depression Jan 1, 1933 Start of 3rd Reich Jan 1, 1933 Hitler appointed Chancellor Jan 1, 1933 Fall of the Weimar Republic Period: Jan 1, 1933 to Jan 1, 1945 Holocaust Jan 1, 1934 Death of Hindenburg Jan 1, 1934 Night of Long Knives Jan 1, 1934 Hitler becomes Fuhrer Jan 1, 1935 Nuremberg Laws Jan 1, 1938 Kristallnacht Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War 2 Jan 1, 1942 Final Solution begins Jan 1, 1942 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising