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Nazi organizations Politics is a process by which decisions are made within groups. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Image File history File links Nazi_Swastika. ... National Socialist German Workers' Party Sturmabteilung Schutzstaffel Hitler Youth Lebensborn The flag of the NSDAP National-Socialist German Workers Party (German: ), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a socialistic political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... The seal of SA The (help· info) (SA, German for Storm Division, usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organization of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... The infamous double-sig rune SS insignia. ... The Hitler Youth (German: Hitler-Jugend, abbreviated HJ) was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that existed from 1922 to 1945. ... Lebensborn was one of several programs initiated by Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler to secure the racial heredity of the Third Reich. ... Nazism in history Early Nazi Timeline Hitler's rise to power Nazi Germany Night of the Long Knives Nuremberg Rallies Kristallnacht The Holocaust Nuremberg Trials Historians such as Ian Kershaw note the links between the Nazis and the German political and economic establishment, as well as the significance of the Night of the Long Knives in which Hitler purged much of the left-leaning elements (such as the Strasserites and Ernst Röhm) in the... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The Night of the Long Knives (June 30 and Sunday July 1, 1934) (German, Nacht der langen Messer), also known as Reichsmordwoche, Operation Hummingbird or the Blood Purge, was a lethal purge of Adolf Hitlers potential political rivals in the Sturmabteilung (SA; also known as storm troopers or brownshirts). ... The Nazi partys 1936 Nuremberg Rally was its largest. ... Dots represent large cities where synagogues were destroyed. ... Selection at the Auschwitz camp in 1944, where the Nazis chose whom to kill immediately and whom to use as slave labor or for medical experimentation. ... A German newspaper announces The Verdict in Nuremberg. ... Nazi concepts Glossary of the Third Reich Hitler's political beliefs Gleichschaltung Racial policy of Nazi Germany Führerprinzip Lebensraum Positive Christianity Volk This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that were specifically used in Nazi Germany. ... Historians and biographers note some difficulty in attributing the political beliefs of Adolf Hitler. ... The German word Gleichschaltung â’½ â’¾ (literally synchronising, synchronization) is used in a political sense to describe the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control over the individual, and tight coordination over all aspects of society and commerce. ... The Racial Policy of Nazi Germany refers to the policies and laws implemented by Nazi Germany, asserting the superiority of the Aryan race, and including measures aimed primarily against Jews. ... Adolf Hitler made believe he was the incarnation of the Führerprinzip The Führerprinzip, the German name for the leader principle, refers to a system with a hierarchy of leaders that resembles a military structure. ... Lebensraum, the German term for habitat (used both in ecological and sociological contexts; literally, living space) is used in English to refer to a motivation for Nazi Germanys expansionist policies, to provide extra space for the growth of the German population. ... A Sun cross, adopted as the sign of the German Faith Movement because it resembles both a cross and a swastika Positive Christianity is a term used in Nazi ideology to refer to a form of Christianity consistent with Nazism. ... Volk is a German (and Dutch) word meaning people or folk. It is commonly used as prefix in words such as Volksentscheid (plebiscite) or Völkerbund (League of Nations), or the car manufacturer Volkswagen (literally, peoples car). A number of völkisch movements were set up in Germany after... Nazi political parties and movements outside Germany Canadian National Socialist Unity Party German-American Bund Nasjonal Samling Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging National Socialist Bloc National Socialist League. The Parti national social chrétien was a Canadian political party formed by Adrien Arcand in February 1934. ... The German-American Bund, or German American Federation, was an American Nazi organization established in the 1930s. ... Nasjonal Samling (Norwegian for National Gathering or National Unification) was a fascist party in Norway before and during World War II, founded on May 17, 1933 by Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort. ... The Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB, National Socialist Movement) was a Nazi political party in the Netherlands during the 1930s and during the German occupation in World War II, when it was the only allowed political party. ... National Socialist Bloc (in Swedish: Nationalsocialistiska Blocket), a Swedish national socialist political party formed in the end of 1933 by the merger of Nationalsocialistiska Samlingspartiet, Nationalsocialistiska Förbundet and local nazi units connected to the advocate Sven Hallström in Umeå. Later Svensk Nationalsocialistisk Samling merged into NSB. The leader... The National Socialist League was a short lived political movement in the United Kingdom immediately before the Second World War. ... Nazi Eugenics Nazi eugenics Aryan race Doctors' Trial German Blood Certificate Lebensborn Life unworthy of life Mischling Nazi physicians Nazi human experimentation Nazism and race Nordic theory Nur für Deutsche Nuremberg Trials Racial policy of Nazi Germany Racial purity Reich Citizenship Law Scientific racism T-4 Euthanasia Program Nazi eugenics pertains to Nazi Germanys nazism and race social policies that placed the improvement of the race through eugenics at the centre of their concerns and targeted those humans they identified as Life Unworthy of Life, including but not limited to: criminal, degenerate, dissident, feeble-minded, homosexual, idle... The Aryan race is a concept in European culture that was influential in the period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. ... Karl Brandt at the Doctors Trial The Doctors Trial (or, officially, United States of America v. ... German Blood Certificate A German Blood Certificate (Genehmigung) was a document provided to Mischlinge (those with partial Jewish heritage) during the Second World War that allowed exemption from Germanys racial laws. ... Lebensborn was one of several programs initiated by Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler to secure the racial heredity of the Third Reich. ... Life unworthy of life (in German: Lebensunwertes Leben) was a Nazi term for those human beings who, by reason of their racial or genetic background, the Nazis believed had no right to life and should be murdered. ... Mischling is a term coined during the Third Reich era in Germany to denote persons deemed to have partial Jewish ancestry. ... Nazi human experimentation occurred during World War II, the Nazi regime in Germany conducted human medical experimentation on large numbers of people held in its concentration camps. ... Nazism and race Nazis claimed to scientifically measure a strict hierarchy among races; at the top was the Aryan race (minus the Slavs, who were seen as below Aryan), then lesser races. ... Nordic theory (or Nordicism) was a theory of racial supremacy prevalent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, which claimed that North European peoples constitute a “master race” because of their supposed innate racial capacity for leadership. ... Nur für Deutsche (German: For Germans only): during World War II, in many German-occupied countries, signs bearing this admonition were posted at entrances to parks, cafes, cinemas, theaters and other facilities reserved for Germans only. ... A German newspaper announces The Verdict in Nuremberg. ... The Racial Policy of Nazi Germany refers to the policies and laws implemented by Nazi Germany, asserting the superiority of the Aryan race, and including measures aimed primarily against Jews. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with miscegenation. ... The Reich Citizenship Law was formed in Germany during World War II while Adolf Hitler was dictator. ... Scientific racism is racist propaganda disguised as science. ... This poster reads: 60,000 Reichsmark is what this person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community during his lifetime. ... Related subjects Nazism and religion Nazi mysticism Nazi architecture Hitler salute Mein Kampf Swastika Völkisch movement Anti-Semitism Führer Neo-Nazism Fascism The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction, this article may require cleanup. ... Nazi architecture was an integral part of the Nazi partys plans to create a cultural and spiritual rebirth in Germany as part of the Third Reich. ... The Hitler salute (Hitlergruß), also known in German during World War II as the Deutscher Gruß (German Greeting), and in English as the Nazi salute, is a variant of the Roman salute adopted by the Nazi party as a sign of loyalty to its leader Adolf Hitler. ... Cover of Mein Kampf Mein Kampf (English translation: My Struggle or My Fight) is the signature work of Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers political ideology of Nazism. ... A right-facing Swastika in decorative Hindu form For the town in Ontario, see Swastika, Ontario. ... The hard-to-translate word völkisch has connotations of folksy, folkloric, and populist. ... The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... (Fuehrer in English when umlauts are not used) is a proper noun meaning leader or guide in the German language. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Relevant lists List of Nazi Party leaders and officials List of fascists List of Adolf Hitler books List of Adolf Hitler speeches Nazi Party (NSDAP) leaders and officials Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Gunter dAlquen Ludolf von Alvensleben Max Amann Benno von Arent Heinz Auerswald... This is a list of persons who self-identify as fascists or adherents to a variant of fascism or related ideology (e. ... Adolf Hitler:A Chilling Tale of Propaganda List of Adolf Hitler Books is an annotated bibliography of the many books related to Adolf Hitler. ... List of Adolf Hitler speeches is an attempt to aggregate all of Adolf Hitlers speeches. ...

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This Early Nazi Timeline tracks the development of Nazism from its origins to Hitler's rise to power. National Socialism redirects here. ... Historians such as Ian Kershaw note the links between the Nazis and the German political and economic establishment, as well as the significance of the Night of the Long Knives in which Hitler purged much of the left-leaning elements (such as the Strasserites and Ernst Röhm) in the...

The timeline is colorcoded. Key events in the Weimar republic are in black. Events solely pertaining to Adolf Hitler are in red. Events relating to the Nazi Party and its predecessors are in brown. Particularly important international events are bolded. Flag of Germany, 1919–1933 This article outlines political events from 1918 until the collapse of the Republic in 1933. ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ...

See also Weimar Timeline. This Weimar Timeline charts the chronology of the Weimar Republic, including the pre-history before the adoption of the actual Weimar constitution. ...

World War I

Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First...

1914

• Aug 1, 1914 World War I breaks out.
• Aug 2, 1914 Adolf Hitler receives permission to enlist; joins the 16th Reserve Infantry Regiment in Munich
• Oct 30, 1914 Adolf Hitler transferred to regimental staff as runner.
• Nov 1, 1914 Adolf Hitler promoted to Gefreiter (senior private).

1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... Hitler redirects here. ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Modern German Gefreiter insignia Gefreiter today is the German equivalent for Private. ...

1918

• Mar 7, 1918 Anton Drexler organized a branch of German Workers’ Peace in Munich.
• Jul 17, 1918 Adolf Hitler saves life of 9th Company Commander
• Aug 4, 1918 Adolf Hitler awarded Iron Cross 1st Class.
• Oct 13, 1918 Adolf Hitler gassed near Ypres.
• Nov 7, 1918 100,000 workers march on the Royal House of Wittelsbach. Kaiser Wilhelm flees.
• Nov 8, 1918 All 22 of Germany’s lesser kings, princes, grand dukes, and ruling dukes had been desposed.
• " " Kaiser Wilhelm told to abdicate
• Nov 9, 1918 Emil Eichhorn, radical leftist of the Independent Socialists, led an armed mob; seized the HQ of Berlin
• " " Kaiser Wilhelm consents to abdicate.
• " " Social Democrats demand government from Prince Max.
• " " Friedrich Ebert assumes the chancellery.
• " " First German Republic established.
• Nov 11, 1918 First World War ended.
• Nov 19, 1918 Hitler discharged from hospital at Pasewalk.
• Mid Dec, 1918 First Freikorps unit formed; Maercker Volunteer Rifles.

1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... The designation of Freikorps (German for Free Corps, i. ...

1919

• Jan 1919 Independent Socialists & Spartacist League staged large protests. Large sections of Berlin seized.
• " " German Workers’ Peace party renamed German Workers Party.
• Jan 10, 1919 Battle of Berlin begins; Counter-revolution with Freikorps taking crucial role.
• Jan 13, 1919 Battle of Berlin finished.
• " " German Gov. moved to the city of Weimar.
• Mar 3, 1919 2nd Battle for Berlin; Communists seize Berlin;
• " " Gustav Noske appointed dictator of Germany.
• Mar 7, 1919 Communist Strike Committee withdraws proclamation and makes peace overtures to government.
• Mar 10, 1919 Gustav Noske orders Peoples’ Naval Division disbanded. Battle for Berlin over.
• Mar 1919 Adolf Hitler finishes job of guarding Russian prisoners.
• Apr 14, 1919 Freikorps suppress communists in Dresden.
• Apr 18, 1919 Freikorps suppress communists in Brunswick.
• " " Battle of the Bavarian governments at Dachau. Communists defeat republican forces.
• Apr 27, 1919 Battle for Munich between Communists and Freikorps units.
• May 2, 1919 City of Munich taken; not declared secure until May 6th; aprox. 1200 Reds slaughtered.
• May 10, 1919 Freikorps suppress communists in Leipzig.
• Jun 22, 1919 German Reichstag ratify the Versailles Treaty.
• Jun 28, 1919 Versailles Treaty signed in the Hall of Mirrors.

1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Spartacist League (Spartakusbund in German) was a left-wing Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during and just after the politically volatile years of World War I. It was founded by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg (nicknamed Red Rosa) along with others such as Clara Zetkin. ... A counterrevolutionary is anyone who opposes a revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it, in full or in part. ... The designation of Freikorps (German for Free Corps) was originally applied to voluntary armies. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... poo ... Woodrow Wilson with the American Peace Commissioners The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 is the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. ... For the room of this name there, see the item in the article Palace of Versailles. ...

Weimar Republic

• Aug 11, 1919 The Weimar Constitution is announced.
• Sep 11, 1919 Adolf Hitler's inspection of the German Workers' Party.

Corporal Adolf Hitler was ordered in September, 1919 to investigate a small group in Munich known as the German Workers Party. ...

1920

• Jan 1920 The DAP grew to 190 members.
• Feb 20, 1920 DAP changes name to National Socialist German Workers’ Party.
• Feb 1920 Inter-Allied Control Commission order 2/3 of Freikorps disbanded.
• Feb 24, 1920 First public meeting of the NSDAP. The party announces its first programme, know as the "25 points."
• Mar 13-17, 1920 Kapp Putsch
• Mar 31, 1920 Adolf Hitler mustered out of the military.
• Apr 3, 1920 21 different Freikorps units, under the command of General Baron Oskar von Watter, annihilate the Ruhr Red uprising in five days; thousands killed.
• Apr 1920 Gov stops paying Freikorps units.
• May 10, 1920 Dr. Joseph Wirth and Walter Rathenau announce their "Policy of Fulfillment"; not received well by nationalist groups.
• Aug 11, 1920 National Disarmament Law takes effect; disbanded civil guards
• Dec 17, 1920 NSDAP buys its first paper, the Voelkischer Beobachter.
• Dec 1920 NSDAP total party membership comes to 2000.

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1921

• May 23, 1921 German Freikorp smash Polish forces at St. Annaberg.
• May 24, 1921 Under Allied pressure, all Freikorps units outlawed.
• Jul 11, 1921 Adolf Hitler resigns from the party to force the hand of Anton Drexler not to unite with the DSP.
• Jul 25, 1921 Adolf Hitler rejoins the party.
• July 29, 1921 Adolf Hitler assumes leadership of the NSDAP. He becomes "Der Fuehrer".
• Sep 14, 1921 Hitler and SA disrupt speech by Otto Ballestedt of the Bayernbund; beaten badly; Hitler with others arrested.

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1922

• Jan 12, 1922 Adolf Hitler sentenced to three months for disturbance of 9/14/21.
• Jun 24, 1922 German foreign minister Walter Rathenau assassinated.
• Jun 24, 1922 Hitler Incarcerated.
• Jul 27, 1922 Hitler released.
• Jul 1922 670 RM = 1 USD
• Aug 1922 2,000 RM = 1 USD
• Oct 27, 1922 Benito Mussolini establishes his Fascist dictatorship in Italy.
• Oct 1922 45,000 RM = 1 USD
• Nov 22, 1922 Dr. Wirth leaves office
• Nov 1922 10,000 RM = 1 USD
• Dec 27, 1922 France occupies the Ruhr.

1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Walter Rathenau Walther Rathenau (September 29, 1867–June 24, 1922) was a German industrialist and politician who served as Foreign Minister of Germany. ... Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) led Italy from 1922 to 1943. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

1923

• Feb 1923 Reichsbank buys back RM; stabilizes RM at 20,000 to 1 USD
• May 4, 1923 RM 40,000 = 1 USD
• May 27, 1923 Albert Leo Schlageter, a German freebooter and saboteur was executed by a French firing squad in the Ruhr. Hitler declared him a hero that the German people was not worthy to possess.
• Jun 1, 1923 RM 70,000-1 USD
• Jun 30, 1923 RM 150,000-1USD
• Aug 1-7, 1923 RM 3,500,000-1USD
• Aug 13, 1923 Dr. Wilhelm Cuno (No party affiliation) Leaves office
• Aug 15, 1923 RM 4,000,000-1USD
• Sep 1, 1923 RM 10,000,000-1USD
• Sep 24, 1923 Chancellor Stresemann ends the passive resistance in the Ruhr; infuriates the nationalists.
• Sep 30, 1923 Major Fedor von Bock crushes a coup attempt by the Black Reichswehr.
• " " RM 60,000,000-1USD
• Oct 6, 1923 Dr. Gustav Stresemann (People’s) forms 2nd cabinet
• Oct 20, 1923 General Alfred Mueller marched on Saxony to prevent a communist takeover.
• " " General Otto von Lossow in Bavaria is relieved of command by Berlin; he refuses.
• Oct 23, 1923 Communist takeover of Hamburg
• Oct 25, 1923 Hamburg uprising suppressed
• Nov 8, 1923 Beer Hall Putsch
• Nov 9, 1923 Beer Hall Putsch quelled.

1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gustav Stresemann (May 10, 1878 – October 3, 1929) was a German politician and statesman during the Weimar Republic and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. ... General Otto von Lossow was, at the time of the beer hall putsch, the commander of the Reichswehr in the state of Bavaria. ... It has been suggested that Beer Hall Putsch Supporters be merged into this article or section. ...

1924

• Feb 26, 1924 Hitlerputsch trial begins.
• Dec 20, 1924 Hitler released from the Landsberg Prison.

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1925

• Jan 4. 1925 Hitler begins his political comeback by meeting with new ministers and President of Bavaria.
• Feb 27, 1925 Nazi party refounded.
• " " Hitler gives his first speech since release from prison.
• Jul 1925 French and Belgian troops evacuate the Ruhr completely.
• Nov 22, 1925 Strasser wing of Nazi party goes into rebellion.

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1927

• May 1927 Hitler speaking ban lifted in Bavaria.

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1928

• Oct 20, 1928 Alfred Hugenberg becomes head of DNVP
• May 20, 1928 NSDAP gains 2.6% of the vote in Reichstag elections.

1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alfred Hugenberg (June 19, 1865 - March 12, 1951) was an influential German businessman and politician. ...

1929

• Oct 16, 1929 Liberty Law campaign officially begins. The Nazi Party joins a coalition of conservative groups under Hugenberg's leadership to oppose the Young Plan.
• Dec 22, 1929 The Liberty Law referendum is defeated. Hitler denounces Hugenberg's leadership.

1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Liberty Law was a legal initiative proposed in 1929 by a coalition of German conservative groups in opposition to reparations. ... The Young Plan was a program for settlement of German reparations debts after World War I. It was presented by the committee headed (1929-30) by Owen D. Young. ...

1930

• Sep 14, 1930 Reichstag elections; gains by Nazi Party.
• Sep 1930 Hitler at trial of 3 SA Lieutenants disavows the SA goals of replacing the army and hence appeases the army.

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1931

• May 11, 1931 Austrian Kreditanstalt collapses
• May 1931 Four million unemployed in Germany.
• Jun 20, 1931 Herbert Hoover puts moratorium on reparations.
• Jul 13, 1931 German bank crisis.
• Oct 11, 1931 Harzburg Front formed of coalition between DNVP, Stahlhelm, and Nazi Party

1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a successful mining engineer, humanitarian, and administrator. ...

1932

• Apr 10, 1932 Von Hindenburg reelected to Reichspresident with over 40% of the vote. Hitler gains 37% and the communist candidate Thälmann gains 10.2%
• May 30, 1932 Henrich Bruening (Center) leaves office.
• Jun 1, 1932 Franz von Papen cabinet
• Jun 16-Jul 9 Lausanne conference
• Jul 20, 1932 "Preußenschlag": Von Papen dissolves Prussian government.
• Jul 31, 1932 Reichstag elections: Nazi party becomes the largest party.
• Nov 6, 1932 Reichstag elections: Nazi party loses votes.
• Nov 17, 1932 Franz von Papen leaves office
• Dec 3, 1932 Reichswehr General Kurt von Schleicher cabinet

1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen (29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German Catholic politician and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932. ... The Reichswehr (help· info) (literally National Defense or Imperial Defense) formed the military organization of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when the government rebranded it as the Wehrmacht (Defence Force). ... Kurt von Schleicher (4 April 1882–30 June 1934) was a German general and the last Chancellor of Germany during the era of the Weimar Republic. ...

1933

• Jan 28, 1933 General von Schleicher leaves office
• Jan 30, 1933 President Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor of a Nazi-DNVP coalition.
• Feb 27, 1933 Reichstag Fire
• Feb 28, 1933 Law for the Protection of People and State ("Reichstag Fire Decree"): civil liberties suspended

introduced - Gleichschaltung, the process of exerting totalitarian control over Germany, begins. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hindenburg may refer to: Paul von Hindenburg, president of Germany Carl Friedrich Hindenburg, mathematician Hindenburg in Oberschlesien the former name of the city of Zabrze the zeppelin, see Hindenburg disaster This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The German National Peoples Party (German: Deutschnationale Volkspartei) (DNVP) was a right wing national-conservative party in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. ... The Reichstag fire was a pivotal event in the establishment of Nazi Germany. ... A German newspapers final issue, announcing its own prohibition (Verbot) by the police authorities on the basis of the Reichstag fire decree The Reichstag Fire Decree (Reichstagsbrandverordnung in German) is the common name of the decree issued by German president Paul von Hindenburg in direct response to the Reichstag... The German word Gleichschaltung â’½ â’¾ (literally synchronising, synchronization) is used in a political sense to describe the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control over the individual, and tight coordination over all aspects of society and commerce. ... The concept of Totalitarianism is a typology or ideal-type used by some political scientists to encapsulate the characteristics of a number of twentieth century regimes that mobilized entire populations in support of the state or an ideology. ...

• Mar 5, 1933 General Elections result in slim majority of Hitler's coalition.
• Mar 23, 1933 Enabling Act establishes Nazi dictatorship.
  
• July 20, 1933 Reichskonkordat signed with Holy See

The Enabling Act (Ermächtigungsgesetz in German) was passed by Germanys parliament (the Reichstag) on March 23, 1933. ... The Reichskonkordat is the concordat between the Holy See and the German Reich, signed in 1933. ...

1934

• June 30, 1934 Night of the Long Knives: SA leadership decapitated
• August 2, 1934 President Hindenburg dies, Hitler becomes head of state and supreme military commander.

1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Night of the Long Knives (June 30 and Sunday July 1, 1934) (German, Nacht der langen Messer), also known as Reichsmordwoche, Operation Hummingbird or the Blood Purge, was a lethal purge of Adolf Hitlers potential political rivals in the Sturmabteilung (SA; also known as storm troopers or brownshirts). ...

See also

• Hitler's rise to power
• Weimar Republic

Historians such as Ian Kershaw note the links between the Nazis and the German political and economic establishment, as well as the significance of the Night of the Long Knives in which Hitler purged much of the left-leaning elements (such as the Strasserites and Ernst Röhm) in the... Flag of Germany, 1919–1933 This article outlines political events from 1918 until the collapse of the Republic in 1933. ...

References

• Why Hitler, The Genesis of the Nazi Reich, Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. Praeger, Westport, CT, 1996. pg 28.
• The Logic of Evil, The Social Origins of the Nazi Party, 1925-1933, William Brustein, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1996. pp 191-193.