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| Adjutant General Beck, Ludwig |  |
| 1st Oct Appointed Adjutant General |
| Aktionsfuhrer Streicher Streicher, Julius | |
| Appointed Aktionsfuhrer, riot leader, by Hitler against Jewish shops |
| Alliance Blomberg, Werner von | |
| 1st Mar Issues a directive to the Officer Corps openly supporting the NAZIs |
| Alliance Henlein, Konrad | |
| The Party newspaper receives 120,000 Czech crowns from the 3rd Reich |
| Sudetenland The Party receives a subsidy of 8 million crowns from Rudolf Hess |
| Alliance Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th Jan Cologne It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor |
| 4th Jan Cologne Meets Papen at von Schroeder's home |
| 4th Jan Cologne It is agreed Papen will ask Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor |
| 4th Jan Cologne Meets Papen at von Schroeder's home |
| 20th Feb Business leaders meet at the President's Palace & agree to financially support Hitler |
| Alliance Schleicher, Kurt von | |
| Berlin Splitting the Nazis under Gregor Strasser fails |
| Ambassador Nadolny, Rudolf | |
| Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Russia |
| Ambassador Papen, Franz von | |
| Berlin Appointed Ambassador to Austria |
| Armament Goering, Herman | |
| Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe |
| Arrest of SA Leaders Hess, Rudolph | |
| 30th June Munich Rounds up SA leaders in Munich & arrests them |
| Arrest of Schumacher Schumacher, Kurt | |
| Dachau Arrested & sent to Dachau |
| Arrest of TU Leaders Hitler, Adolf | |
| 2nd May Berlin Trades Union leaders are put in concentration camps |
| Austrian Legion Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Founds the Austrian Legion which remains mobilized in Bavaria on the Austrian border |
| Bishop of Reich Muller, Ludwig | |
| Sep Appointed Bishop of the Reich |
| Books Hitler, Adolf | |
| 10th May Bonfires are started with proscribed books of anti-Nazi writers |
| Burning Books Hitler, Adolf | |
| 10th May Bonfires are started with proscribed books of anti-Nazi writers |
| Catholic Bavarian People's Party Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th July The Catholic Bavarian People's Party announces its dissolution |
| Centre Party Hitler, Adolf | |
| 5th July The Centre Party announces its dissolution |
| Chamber of Cult Goebbels, Paul Joseph | |
| Sep The Reichs Chamber of Culture is founded under the new Minister of Propaganda |
| Chamber of Cult Hitler, Adolf | |
| Sep The Reichs Chamber of Culture is founded under the new Minister of Propaganda |
| Chancellor Hitler, Adolf | |
| 5th Mar Berlin The NSDAP wins only 44% of the vote but are able to use it to gain total power |
| Sep Ludwig Muller is appointed Bishop of the Reich |
| Chief of Staff Lutze, Viktor | |
| July Berlin Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Chief Police Himmler Himmler, Heinrich | |
| Munich Appointed Chief of the Munich Police |
| Colonel Fromm, Friedrich | |
| 1st Feb Appointed Colonel |
| Commander 17th Infantry Reg Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Goslar Appointed Commander of the 3rd battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment |
| Commander Keitel, Wilhelm | |
| Potsdam Appointed Commander for Military District III in Potsdam |
| Communist Party Hitler, Adolf | |
| 1st Mar As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned |
| 1st Mar The police & SA sieze all Communist Party buildings in Germany along with weapons claimed to be used for a coup |
| Concentration Camps Hitler, Adolf | |
| 21st Mar Oranienburg 1st concentration camp is opened at Oranienburg outside Berlin |
| Concordat Papacy Hitler, Adolf | |
| 20th Mar Berlin Hitler agrees Centre Party terms but expects bishops to revoke a Nazi membership ban |
| 20th Mar Berlin The Centre Party agrees to the terms of the Concordat & will vote for the Enabling Act |
| 25th Mar Berlin Bishops withdraw their ban on membership of the Nazi party |
| 8th July Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome |
| 8th July Rome Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome |
| 9th July Berlin The world learns of the concordat signed between Germany & the Holy See |
| 19th July Berlin The Catholic Church agrees not to become involved in Germany if Catholicism is allowed |
| 20th July Berlin The concordat is formally signed |
| Sep Ludwig Muller becomes Bishop of the Reich |
| Concordat Papacy Papen, Franz von | |
| 8th July Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome |
| 8th July Rome Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome |
| Constitution Best, Werner | |
| "as long as the police carries out the will of the leadership it is acting legally" |
| Constitution Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von | |
| 28th Feb Berlin Allows Hitler to use emergency powers under Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution |
| Constitution Hitler, Adolf | |
| 30th Jan Berlin The Government rules by Presidential decree as a coalition of "National accord" |
| 30th Jan Berlin The "National Revolution" is followed by a "Lawful Revolution" |
| 28th Feb Berlin After the Reichstag fire constitutional rights are suspended by Presidential decree |
| 28th Feb Individual liberty under the Weimer Constitution is suspended |
| 21st Mar Berlin "The day of Potsdam", Parliament is deprived of its powers |
| 23rd Mar Berlin 441 in the Reichstag vote for the Enabling Bill, only 94 against |
| 23rd Mar Berlin A dictatorship in all but name is established |
| 23rd Mar Berlin All political parties other than the NSDAP are banned |
| 23rd Mar Berlin Legislative power is transferred to the executive |
| 23rd Mar Berlin The Centre Party votes for the Enabling Law, the "legal" basis of dictatorship |
| 23rd Mar Berlin The Enabling Act secures Hitler's independence from the Reichstag & President |
| 23rd Mar Berlin The Enabling Bill is put before the Reichstag |
| 24th Mar Berlin After the passage of the Enabling Act Hitler becomes dictator of Germany |
| 24th Mar Berlin Germany becomes a dictatorship |
| 24th Mar Berlin The Reichstag votes for the Enabling Act handing over legislative control to the Nazis |
| 7th April Appoints Nazi Reich Governors to run all German states subjecting them to the Reich |
| 14th July Berlin The National Socialist German Worker's Party becomes the only political party |
| 1st Dec Berlin The NSDAP becomes the party of the state |
| Constitution Wells, Otto | |
| 23rd Mar Berlin Speaks against the Enabling Act in the Reichstag |
| Coup d'Etat Epp, Franz Ritter von | |
| 9th Mar Bavaria Under Hitler's orders von Epp sets up a Nazi regime in Bavaria |
| 9th Mar Under Hitler's orders von Epp sets up a Nazi regime in Bavaria |
| Coup d'Etat Hitler, Adolf | |
| 9th Mar Bavaria Under Hitler's orders von Epp sets up a Nazi regime in Bavaria |
| Dachau Himmler, Heinrich | |
| 22nd Mar Dachau Opens Dachau Concentration Camp for communists & other "political undesireables" |
| Decree Presidential Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th Feb Berlin Constitutional rights are suspended by decree, "to protect the German people" |
| Decree Reichstag Fire Hitler, Adolf | |
| 1st Mar Berlin As a consequence of the Reichstag Fire Decree, the Communist Party of Germany KPD is banned |
| Diplomacy Dollfuss, Engelbert |  |
| 1st July Germany makes its 1st propaganda leaflet drop over Austria denouncing Dollfuss |
| Diplomacy Hitler, Adolf | |
| Saarland Broadcasts a promise to reconcile with France once the Saarland is returned |
| 25th Mar Roosevelt requests an assurance Germany will not invade any country from a list of 31 |
| 25th Mar The USA"declines" to recognize the German occupation of Bohemia & Moravia |
| 27th April Anglo-German trade agreement |
| 1st July 1st propaganda leaflet drop over Austria, denouncing Dollfuss |
| 8th July Berlin Papen & Cardinal Pacelli sign the German concordat with Rome |
| Dismissal Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Dismissed by the Nazis |
| Dismissal Feder, Gottfried | |
| Believes Hitler is increasingly "pandering" to industrialists |
| Dismissed for organizing settlements of farmers around large cities |
| Sees the Third Reich as a betrayed revolution |
| Dismissal Goering, Herman | |
| Berlin Dismisses all the police in Prussia who are not Nazi sympathisers |
| Dismissal Hitler, Adolf | |
| 14th July Berlin Dismisses all members of the Cabinet who are not Nazi sympathisers |
| Dissolution Centre Party Hitler, Adolf | |
| 5th July The Centre Party announces its dissolution |
| Dissolution Reichstag Hitler, Adolf | |
| 31st Jan Berlin Dissolves the Reichstag & calls an election |
| Economy Hitler, Adolf | |
| 21st Mar The "battle for work" begins |
| Election Goering, Herman | |
| 20th Feb Business leaders meet at Goering's President's Palace & agree to finance Hitler |
| 20th Feb Helps agree to an election fund of 3 million Reichsmarks from leading industrialists |
| Election Hitler, Adolf | |
| 22nd Jan Gains the support of Oscar von Hindenburg who agrees to appoint Hitler Chancellor |
| 30th Jan Calls for a Rechstag election for 5th March |
| Feb Directs his campaign against 14yrs of party government |
| 20th Feb Business leaders meet at the President's Palace & agree to financially support Hitler |
| 5th Mar Falls far short of the 2/3 majority to establish dictatorship by consent of Parliament |
| 5th Mar The Nazis increase their vote to 44% giving the Nazis & their coalition allies the German National People's Party 52% |
| 5th Mar The Nazis need the 52 seats won by their Nationalist allies to win a majority |
| 5th Mar The Nazis poll 17,277,180 votes, failing to win a majority with 43.9% of the total |
| 5th Mar The Nazis win 288 out of 647 seats in the Reichstag |
| 5th Mar Konigsberg Hitler makes a speech on the "Day of the Awekening Nation" |
| 28th May Danzig The Nazis win elections in Danzig |
| Election Schleicher, Kurt von | |
| Lippe The Nazis win Lippe & create a crisis in the Schleicher Government |
| Emigration Braun Braun, Otto | |
| Emigrates to Austria |
| Enabling Act Schumacher, Kurt | |
| Berlin Votes against Hitler's Enabling Act |
| Exile of Adenauer Adenauer, Konrad | |
| Forced to flee to Switzerland because of his opposition to Hitler |
| Exile of Einstein Einstein, Albert | |
| Princeton Emigrates to Princeton, New Jersey |
| Exile of Scheidemann Scheidemann, Phillip | |
| Scheidemann goes into exile following the Nazi takeover |
| Gauleiter of Essen Terboven Terboven, Josef | |
| Essen Appointed Gauleiter for Essen |
| Gauleiter of Franconia Streicher Streicher, Julius | |
| Franconia Appointed Gauleiter of Franconia |
| German National Party Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th July The German National Party announces its dissolution |
| German National Party Hugenberg, Alfred | |
| 4th July The German National Party announces its dissolution |
| Government Hitler, Adolf | |
| 4th Jan Berlin Hitler & Papen meet in the House of the banker Schroder to form a joint Government |
| 30th Jan Berlin Hindenburg asks Hitler to form a government |
| 31st Jan Berlin Asked by Hindenburg to head a Harzburg coalition of the NSDAP & Hugenberg Nationalists |
| Government Neurath, Constantin Freiher von | |
| Berlin Joins Hitler's 1st Cabinet & is as a respectable & conservative frontman |
| Government Papen, Franz von | |
| 30th Jan Berlin As Vice Chancellor believes he can contain Hitler & use him to gain supreme power |
| Governor State Best, Werner | |
| Appointed Governor of State |
| Head Hitler Youth Schirach Schirach, Baldur von | |
| Appointed Head of the Hitler Youth, Hitlerjugend |
| Hitler Youth Schirach, Baldur von | |
| Appointed Head of the Hitler Youth, Hitlerjugend |
| Invasion of Austria Hitler, Adolf | |
| Bavaria Founds the Austrian Legion which remains mobilized in Bavaria on the Austrian border |
| Jewish Bank Accounts Hitler, Adolf | |
| 1st April Berlin The Nazis seize Jewish bank accounts |
| Kosher Food Hitler, Adolf | |
| Berlin Bans kosher food |
| League of Nations Hitler, Adolf | |
| 14th Oct Berlin Germany leaves the League of Nations, because it cannot fully rearm |
| League of Nations Neurath, Constantin Freiher von | |
| 14th Oct Berlin Advises Hitler to withdraw from the League of Nations |
| Legislation Enabling Act Hitler, Adolf | |
| 23rd Mar Berlin The Centre Party votes for the Enabling Law, the "legal" basis of dictatorship |
| 23rd Mar Berlin The Kroll Opera House, where the voting will be held, is surrounded by SA & SS |
| 24th Mar Berlin Germany becomes a dictatorship |
| 24th Mar Berlin The Reichstag votes for the Enabling Act |
| Legislation Enabling Act Wels, Otto | |
| 23rd Mar Berlin Hitler tells Wels that his death-knell had sounded |
| 23rd Mar Berlin Thw Kroll Opera House, where the voting will be held, is surrounded by SA & SS |
| 23rd Mar Berlin Hitler tells Wels that his death-knell had sounded |
| 23rd Mar Berlin Thw Kroll Opera House, where the voting will be held, is surrounded by SA & SS |
| Luftwaffe Goering, Herman | |
| Given responsibility for the secret development of the Luftwaffe |
| Major Kesselring, Albrecht | |
| 1st Oct Trans ferred into the air force, at that time a defensive force |
| Major Marcks, Erich | |
| Appointed Major |
| Major Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen | |
| Oct Appointed Major |
| Meeting Hitler Blomberg, Werner von | |
| 21st June Berlin |
