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Hitler Appointed As Chancellor
President Hindenburg invites Hitler to take the office of Chancellor of Germany, following inconclusive elections. -
Reichstag Fire
The Parliament building was set on fire. Marinus van der Lubbe is taken into custody as the arsonist and later executed. It's still unclear whether van der Lubbe acted alone, or as part of a group, or whether the Nazis themselves started the fire. The Nazi government exploits the fire to declare a state of emergency. -
Enabling Act
The Enabling Act is passed in the Reichstag, whcih granted the government dictatorial powers for four years. -
Germany Leaves The League Of Nations
After some months that Hitler was appointed as Chancellor, Germany leaves the League Of Nations. The likely reason for this was the refusal of the Western powers to acquiesce in Germany's demands for military parity. -
Independence Of SS
SS becomes an independent institution of the regime, no longer an organ of the Nazi Party. Leading members of the SS -
Death Of HIndenburg
German President, Paul von Hindenburg, dies. After he died, Hitler merges the two offices President and Chancellor, proclaiming himself Reichsfuehrer, and consolidating all power in his own hands. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
These laws were two in a series of key decrees, legislative acts, and case law in the gradual process by which the Nazi leadership moved Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship. -
The Munich Conference
The leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. And all of the main parts of German territory in Czechoslovakia was to be handed over by October 10th.
