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