Political Timeline for Adolf Hitler
1933
January 30: Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany
February 1: Hitler announced his ‘Proclamation to the German People’ and promised new elections for March 5th. Hindenburg dissolved the Reichstag.
February 4: A decree ‘For the Protection of the German People’ gave Hitler the power to ban political meetings and the newspapers of his political rivals.
February 17: Goering issued a decree that ordered the police to make “good relations” with nationalists associations but to make free use of their weapons against the Left.
February 22: Goering united the SA, SS and Stahlhelm into one single police force.
February 23: The first restrictions on homosexual rights groups were introduced.
February 28: ‘The Emergency Decree for the Protection of People and State’ was passed, which led to the suspension of civil rights, a ban on the left wing press and the rounding up and arrest of communist and socialist leaders.
March 5: Elections to the Reichstag were held. The Nazis gained 288 seats (43.9% of the votes). The German National Party gained 52 seats (8% of the votes). Combined, this gave the Nazis a majority of support in the Reichstag.
March 6: Communist and Socialist Party headquarters were occupied by the state police as were trade union headquarters. Buildings housing publishing companies associated with the left wing were also occupied.
March 13: Joseph Goebbels set up the Reich Propaganda Ministry.
March 20: Himmler announced the establishment of a concentration camp at Dachau.
April 7: A law for the ‘Restoration of the Professional Civil Service’ was introduced that banned all Jews and non-Germans from public service.
April 26: The Gestapo (Secret Police) was established by Goering.
May 2: Trade unions were banned.
May 6: The Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Workers’ Front) was introduced to replace trade unions.
May 10: ‘Un-German’ books were publicly burned.
June 22: The Social Democrat Party was officially banned.
July 5: All political parties other than the Nazi Party were banned.
July 14: A ‘Sterilisation Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases’ was passed.
October 14: Hitler pulled Nazi Germany out of the League of Nations and the Disarmament Conference.
November 17: The Nazi Party won 92% of the votes cast in an election.
December 1: A law was passed that safeguarded the unity of the party and the state.
February 1: Hitler announced his ‘Proclamation to the German People’ and promised new elections for March 5th. Hindenburg dissolved the Reichstag.
February 4: A decree ‘For the Protection of the German People’ gave Hitler the power to ban political meetings and the newspapers of his political rivals.
February 17: Goering issued a decree that ordered the police to make “good relations” with nationalists associations but to make free use of their weapons against the Left.
February 22: Goering united the SA, SS and Stahlhelm into one single police force.
February 23: The first restrictions on homosexual rights groups were introduced.
February 28: ‘The Emergency Decree for the Protection of People and State’ was passed, which led to the suspension of civil rights, a ban on the left wing press and the rounding up and arrest of communist and socialist leaders.
March 5: Elections to the Reichstag were held. The Nazis gained 288 seats (43.9% of the votes). The German National Party gained 52 seats (8% of the votes). Combined, this gave the Nazis a majority of support in the Reichstag.
March 6: Communist and Socialist Party headquarters were occupied by the state police as were trade union headquarters. Buildings housing publishing companies associated with the left wing were also occupied.
March 13: Joseph Goebbels set up the Reich Propaganda Ministry.
March 20: Himmler announced the establishment of a concentration camp at Dachau.
April 7: A law for the ‘Restoration of the Professional Civil Service’ was introduced that banned all Jews and non-Germans from public service.
April 26: The Gestapo (Secret Police) was established by Goering.
May 2: Trade unions were banned.
May 6: The Deutsche Arbeitsfront (German Workers’ Front) was introduced to replace trade unions.
May 10: ‘Un-German’ books were publicly burned.
June 22: The Social Democrat Party was officially banned.
July 5: All political parties other than the Nazi Party were banned.
July 14: A ‘Sterilisation Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases’ was passed.
October 14: Hitler pulled Nazi Germany out of the League of Nations and the Disarmament Conference.
November 17: The Nazi Party won 92% of the votes cast in an election.
December 1: A law was passed that safeguarded the unity of the party and the state.
1934
January 26: A German-Polish non-aggression pact was signed.
January 30: The independence of the state governments was abolished. The ‘Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich’ was passed.
April 24: A People’s Court was established to deal with treasonable offences.
June 25: Austrian Nazis murdered Austrian President Engelbert Dollfuss in the hope that the Austrian Nazi Party can take control of the country.
August 2: President Hindenburg died. Hitler declared himself both Chancellor and President. The armed forces in response to the Night of the Long Knives swore an oath of loyalty to Hitler. Hjalmar Schacht was appointed Minister of Economics.
January 30: The independence of the state governments was abolished. The ‘Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich’ was passed.
April 24: A People’s Court was established to deal with treasonable offences.
June 25: Austrian Nazis murdered Austrian President Engelbert Dollfuss in the hope that the Austrian Nazi Party can take control of the country.
August 2: President Hindenburg died. Hitler declared himself both Chancellor and President. The armed forces in response to the Night of the Long Knives swore an oath of loyalty to Hitler. Hjalmar Schacht was appointed Minister of Economics.
1936
September 9: A second Four Year Plan was introduced to make Germany self-sufficient.
December 1: The Hitler Youth movement became a state organization. All non-Nazi youth movements were banned.
December 1: The Hitler Youth movement became a state organization. All non-Nazi youth movements were banned.
1937
February 10: The national bank and the railway system were both put under the control of the state.
March 9: The mass arrest of “habitual criminals” started.
March 9: The mass arrest of “habitual criminals” started.
1938
April 22: The employment of Jews in businesses was banned.
December 3: The start of the closure of all Jewish businesses occurred along with their compulsory sale to ‘Aryans’.
December 3: The start of the closure of all Jewish businesses occurred along with their compulsory sale to ‘Aryans’.
1939
January 21: Schacht was dismissed as President of the Reichsbank.
August 27: Food rationing was introduced.
September 4: War Decrees were introduced.
October 14: Clothing coupons were introduced.
August 27: Food rationing was introduced.
September 4: War Decrees were introduced.
October 14: Clothing coupons were introduced.