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 Adenauer, Konrad
 Barth, Karl
 Beck, Fritz
 Blomberg, Werner von
 Brandt, Karl
 Dietrich, Sepp
 Eike, Theodore
 Feder, Gottfried
 Frick, Wilhelm
 Fritsch, Werner Freiherr
 Fromm, Friedrich
 Gerlich, Fritz
 Gerth, Daniel
 Giesler, Paul
 Goebbels, Paul Joseph
 Goering, Herman
 Heines, Edmund
 Heiser, Robert
 Henlein, Konrad
 Heydebreck, Hans Peter von
 Heydrich, Reinhard
 Himmler, Heinrich
 Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von
 Hitler, Adolf
 Hoess, Rudolf Franz Ferdinand
 Hohberg und Buchwald, Anton Freiherr von
 Jung, Edgar
 Kahr, Gustav Ritter von
 Keitel, Wilhelm
 Klausener, Erich
 Kluge, Guenther Hans von
 Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von
 Marcuse, Herbert
 Model, Otto Moritz Walter
 Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef
 Niemoller, Frederich Gustav Emil Martin
 Papen, Franz von
 Ribbentrop, Joachim von
 Rohm, Ernst
 Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen
 Rosenberg, Alfred
 Rudin, Ernst
 Rust, Bernhard
 Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar
 Schleicher, Kurt von
 Scholtz-Klink, Gertrude
 Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert
 Stempfle, Bernhard
 Strasser, Gregor
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   Armament   Hitler, Adolf
  Berlin   Orders the Army to increase it's strength from 100,000 to 300,000 by October 1 1934
   Armament   Ribbentrop, Joachim von
    Appointed Special Commissioner for the disarmament negotiations
   Arrest of Adenauer   Adenauer, Konrad
    Arrested by the Gestapo
   Arrest of Rivals   Hitler, Adolf
 30th June   Orders the arrest & execution of all rivals to him within the Nazi Party
   Arrest of Rohm   Hitler, Adolf
 30th June Bad Wiesee   Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested
 30th June Bad Wiesse   Confronts Rohm, accuses hime of organizing a rebellion & has him arrested
 30th June Bad Wiesse   Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested
   Arrest of Rohm   Rohm, Ernst
 30th June Bad Wiesse   Arrested alongside othe SA leader & held in a prison cell in Munich
   Arrest of SA Leaders   Hitler, Adolf
  July Berlin   More than 150 SA leaders are arrested & executed
   Assassination of Dollfuss   Hitler, Adolf
 25th July Vienna   Nazis murder Dolfuss during a failed Coup after he objects to anschluss with Germany
   Assassination of Kahr   Kahr, Gustav Ritter von
 30th June Dachau   Death of Gustav Ritter von Kahr
   Assassination of Klausener   Klausener, Erich
 13th July Berlin   Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives
   Asst Chief Gestapo   Himmler, Heinrich
    Appointed Assistant Chief of the Gestapo
   Broadcast Goebbels   Goebbels, Paul Joseph
 2nd Aug Berlin   Broadcasts to the nation announcing the merger of the offices of Fuhrer & President
   Chief Army Dept   Fromm, Friedrich
    Appointed Chief of the Army Department in the War Ministry
   Chief Army High Command   Fritsch, Werner Freiherr
    Appointed Chief of the High Command of the Army
   Colonel   Model, Otto Moritz Walter
    Appointed Colonel
   Commander Army Group 2   Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von
  Kassel   Appointed Commander of Army Group 2
   Commander Dachau   Eike, Theodore
    Appointed Commander of Dachau Concentration Camp
   Commander Infantry Regiment   Model, Otto Moritz Walter
    Appointed Commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment
   Commander Military District   Kluge, Guenther Hans von
    Appointed Commander of the Military District VI
   Commander Prussian Secret Police   Himmler, Heinrich
  Berlin   Appointed Commander of the Prussian Secret Police
   Concentration Camps   Eike, Theodore
    Appointed Inspector of concentration camps by Himmler
   Concentration Camps   Goebbels, Paul Joseph
  Berlin   "Anti-social members of society into useful members by the most humane means possible"
   Constitution   Goebbels, Paul Joseph
 2nd Aug Berlin   Broadcasts to the nation announcing the merger of the offices of Fuhrer & President
   Constitution   Hitler, Adolf
  Berlin   Abolishes the title & office of the President
 7th April   Abolishes state assemblies & transfers all sovereign power to the Reich
 1st Aug   A law is passed combining the offices of "Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor" with President
 2nd Aug Berlin   Appoints himself as President of Germany after the death of President von Hindenburg
 2nd Aug    Goebbels makes a broadcast announcing the merger of the offices of Fuhrer & President
   Coup d'Etat   Hitler, Adolf
  Brenner Pass   Mussolini mobilizes 4 Div's after the assassination of Dolfuss, Hitler's Coup fails
  Brenner Pass   Mussolini mobilizes on the Brenner Pass & forces Hitler to give up annexation
    Mussolini mobilizes 4 Div's after the assassination of Dolfuss, Hitler's Coup fails
 25th July   Austrian Nazis break into the Federal Chancellery & assassinate Dolfuss
 25th July Vienna   Austrian Nazis break into the Federal Chancellery & assassinate Dolfuss
   Death of Beck, Fritz   Beck, Fritz
 30th June   Death of Fritz Beck, executed by the Nazis
   Death of Gerlich, Fritz   Gerlich, Fritz
 30th June   Death of Fritz Gerlich, executed by the Nazis
   Death of Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von   Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig Hans von
 2nd Aug   Death of Paul Ludwig Hans von Hindenburg
   Death of Hitler, Adolf   Hitler, Adolf
 2nd Aug   Deth of Hindenburg, Hitler becomes head of state & the army swears an oath to him
   Death of Jung, Edgar   Jung, Edgar
 30th June   Death of Edgar Jung, executed by the Nazis
   Death of Kahr, Gustav Ritter von   Kahr, Gustav Ritter von
 30th June   Death of Gustav Ritter von Kahr, executed by the Nazis
   Death of Klausener, Erich   Klausener, Erich
 13th July Berlin   Death of Erich Klaus ener, assassinated
   Death of Rohm, Ernst   Rohm, Ernst
 1st July Munich   Death of Ernst Rohm, executed by the NAZIs
   Department Chief Speer   Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert
  Berlin   Appointed Department Chief on Rudolf Hess' Staff
   Deutsche Arbeits Front   Hitler, Adolf
 24th Oct Berlin   Issues a decree compelling all workers have to join the Deutsche Arbeits Front
   Diplomacy   Hitler, Adolf
 26th Jan Berlin   Signs a pact of non-aggression with Poland
 26th Jan   Diffuses aggressive intentions & draws Poland away from an Alliance with France
 14th June Venice   Hitler & Mussolini meet in Venice
   Diplomacy   Papen, Franz von
  Vienna   Sent to Vienna to restore "normal & friendly relations" after a failed Nazi coup
   Diplomacy   Ribbentrop, Joachim von
 10th May   Meets Anthony Eden & refuses to make any armament concessions
   Divisional Commander Kluge   Kluge, Guenther Hans von
    Appointed Divisional Commander
   Education of   Rosenberg, Alfred
    Placed in charge of the education programme
   Elite College   Giesler, Paul
  Sonthofen   Involved in the construction of the NAZI Elite College at Sonthofen
   Execution of Beck   Beck, Fritz
 30th June   Executed by the Nazis, Director of the Students Welfare Fund
   Execution of Beck   Hitler, Adolf
 30th June   Executed by the Nazis, Director of the Students Welfare Fund
   Execution of Gerlich   Gerlich, Fritz
 30th June   Execution of Fritz Gerlich, executed by the Nazis for editing an anti-Nazi newspaper
   Execution of Gerlich   Hitler, Adolf
 30th June   Execution of Fritz Gerlich, executed by the Nazis for editing an anti-Nazi newspaper
   Execution of Jung   Hitler, Adolf
 30th June   Executed by the Nazis, had drafted Papen's protest speech 13 days prior
   Execution of Jung   Jung, Edgar
 30th June   Executed by the Nazis, had drafted Papen's protest speech 13 days prior
   Execution of Kahr   Hitler, Adolf
 1st July Munich   Has von Kahr executed because he had led the troops against Hitler's Beer Hall putsch
   Execution of Kahr   Kahr, Gustav Ritter von
 30th June Munich   Hitler has von Kahr executed because he led troops against Hitler's Beer Hall putsch
   Execution of Rohm   Hitler, Adolf
 1st July Bad Wiesse   The execution of Rohm gives Hitler full control of the SA
   Execution of Rohm   Rohm, Ernst
 1st July Munich   Rohm refuses to kill himself with a gun which is offerred to him & is executed
   Execution of Schleicher   Hitler, Adolf
 1st July   Former Chancellor Schleicher is gunned down by 6 assassins
   Execution of Strasser   Hitler, Adolf
 1st July   Has Gregor Strasser executed, 1 of the founders of the Nazi Party
   Exile of Marcuse   Marcuse, Herbert
    Takes refuge in the USA after the Nazis come to power
   Fuehrer Chancellor of Germany   Hitler, Adolf
 19th Aug Berlin   On the death of Hindenburg proclaims himself Fuhrer, a position created by himself
   Gestapo   Himmler, Heinrich
    Appointed Assistant Chief of the Gestapo
   Head Architect Speer   Speer, Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert
  Berlin   Appointed head architect of the Nazi Government
   Hitler's Doctor   Brandt, Karl
    Appointed Adolf Hitler's personal doctor-in-residence
   Institute for Heredity   Rudin, Ernst
  Frankfurt   Founds the Institute for Heredity, Biology & Racial Research
   Interview Daily Mail   Hitler, Adolf
  Berlin   Announces to a Daily Mail reporter that "war will not come again"
   Labour Movement   Hitler, Adolf
 24th Oct   The Nazi labour movement is formed
   League of Nations   Hitler, Adolf
  Berlin   Germany leaves the League of Nations
   Legislation Genetics   Hitler, Adolf
 1st Jan Berlin   Sterilization measures come into effect to prevent hereditary illness
   Letter Hitler   Rohm, Ernst
 1st Jan   Thanked by Hitler for "services rendered to the National Socialist movement"
   Lieutenant Colonel   Nehring, Walter Kurt Josef
 1st Sep   Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the General Staff, advocate of tank blitzkriegs
   Major   Keitel, Wilhelm
    Appointed Major-General
   Meeting Hitler   Hitler, Adolf
 4th June Berlin   Hitler has a meeting with Rohm for 5 hrs & warns him not to start a 2nd revolution
 4th June Berlin   Hitler meets Rohm, the outcome is is that the SA has to take 1 month's leave
   Meeting Hitler   Rohm, Ernst
 4th June Berlin   Hitler has a meeting with Rohm for 5 hrs & warns him not to start a 2nd revolution
 4th June Berlin   Hitler meets Rohm, the SA is asked to take 1 month's leave
   Meeting Hitler   Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen
  Goslar   Rommel meets Hitler for the 1st time during a secular Harvest Festival
   Minister of Economics   Schacht, Horace Greeley Hjalmar
    Appointed Minister of Economics
   Minister of Science   Rust, Bernhard
    Appointed Reich Minister for Science, Education & Culture
   Night of Long Knives   Frick, Wilhelm
  Berlin   The Reichstag retrospectively makes the plot both "legal & statesmanlike"
 13th July Berlin   Hitler instructs Wilhelm Frick to draft a law making the killings legal
   Night of Long Knives   Heydrich, Reinhard
 30th June Berlin   Plays a leading part in eliminating many leaders of the SA who are a threat to Hitler
 30th June   Helps organize the Night of the Long Knives
   Night of Long Knives   Hitler, Adolf
  Berlin   The Reichstag retrospectively makes the plot both "legal & statesmanlike"
 30th June Bad Wiesee   Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested
 30th June Bad Wiesse   Confronts Rohm & has him & other SA leaders arrested
 30th June Berlin   Assassinations against the SA & ideas of Ernst Roehm who wants a Socialist revolution
 30th June Berlin   Gives the codeword, "Kolibri" & triggers off a massacre in Berlin
 13th July Berlin   Announces Rohm, von Schleicher & Gregor Strasser plotted against the Reich
 13th July Berlin   Defends himself in the Reichstag as "the Supreme Justiciar of the German People"
 13th July Berlin   Defends his actions in the Reichstag which "belonged to a higher justice"
 13th July Berlin   Hitler instructs Wilhelm Frick to draft a law making the killings legal
   Night of Long Knives   Klausener, Erich
 13th July Berlin   Assassinated during the Night of the Long Knives
   Night of Long Knives   Rohm, Ernst
 30th June Berlin   Assassinations against the SA & ideas of Ernst Roehm who wants a Socialist revolution
   NS Lehrerbund   Rust, Bernhard
  Berlin   97% of all teachers are enrolled in the NS-Lehrerbund
   Oath   Blomberg, Werner von
 2nd Aug Berlin   Calls officers of the Reichswehr to take a personal oath of loyalty to Hitler
   Oath   Hitler, Adolf
 2nd Aug Berlin   The armed forces swear an oath of allegiance to the "Fuhrer & Chancellor Adolf Hitler"
   Plot   Hitler, Adolf
  Feb Berlin   Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of ths SA
 22nd June Berlin   Meets with Lutze & declares that the SA must go
 22nd June Berlin   Promises General Blomber that he will suppress the SA leadership
   Plot   Rohm, Ernst
  Berlin   Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting the activity of the SA
   President   Hitler, Adolf
 2nd Aug Berlin   Appointed President of Germany
   Purge Blood Purge   Blomberg, Werner von
  Feb Berlin   Hitler makes Rohm sign an agreement with Blomber restricting activity of the SA
   Purge Blood Purge   Dietrich, Sepp
 29th June   Ordered by Hitler to arrest Rohm, Head of the SA
   Purge Blood Purge   Eike, Theodore
 1st July Munich   Shoots Ernst Rohm
   Purge Blood Purge   Gerlich, Fritz
 1st July Dachau   Anti-Nazi Catholic journalist, arrested 9 March 1933, killed at Dachau
   Purge Blood Purge   Gerth, Daniel
 1st July Lichterfelde   SA-Obersturmfhrer, member of staff SA Gruf Ernst. executed at Lichterfelde
   Purge Blood Purge   Goering, Herman
 30th June Berlin   Goering & Himmler organize the arrest of the SA in Berlin
 30th June Berlin   Has a list of those who are executed
   Purge Blood Purge   Heines, Edmund
 30th June Bad Wiesse   NSDAP Reichstag deputy, shot in bed with his chauffeur & Lustknabe at Bad Wiesse
   Purge Blood Purge   Heines, Oskar
 30th June Breslau   Hearing of the attempted "Putsch" turns himself in to Gestapo headquarters, executed
   Purge Blood Purge   Heiser, Robert
 1st July Landeshut   Executed during the Blood Purge
   Purge Blood Purge   Heydebreck, Hans Peter von
 30th June Stadleheim   The "Hero of Annaberg", shot by SS firing squad in Stadelheim Prison
   Purge Blood Purge   Heydrich, Reinhard
  June   Informs the Army of a threatened putsch by the SA, military units go on alert
  June   Submits a report to Hitler about Rohm's mutinous talk & vice
   Purge Blood Purge   Himmler, Heinrich
 29th June   Informs Hitler that the SA are planning a Coup d'Etat the following afternoon
 30th June Berlin   Goering & Himmler organize the arrest of the SA in Berlin
   Purge Blood Purge   Hohberg und Buchwald, Anton Freiherr von
 30th June   Shot in his estate by SS troopers on order of his rival Erich von dem Bac