Highlights of the 1930's in Germany

Suspension of Freedoms

Jan 28, 1933

Suspension of freedoms like speech, press, assembly, and other basic rights.

Hitler's Rise

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler is named chancellor of Germany.

Concentration camps

Mar 20, 1933

Dachau concentration camp is opened outside of Germany

Boycotts

Apr 1, 1933

Nazi occupied boycott of Jewish businesses

Job Restrictions

Apr 7, 1933

Jews excluded from all government employment, including teaching jobs of all levels

"Sterilization"

Jul 14, 1933

New law provides basis for sterilization of the handicapped, Gypsies, and Blacks

Nazi Arrests

Oct 1, 1934

First major wave of arrests of homosexuals throughout Germany

Drafts

Mar 16, 1935

Military conscription introduced

more arrests...

Apr 1, 1935

Many Jehovah's Witnesses arrested throughout Germany

Nuremburg Laws

Sep 15, 1935

Anti-Jewish racial and citizenship laws issued at Nuremburg

Berlin Olympics

Feb 6, 1936

Winter Olympics begin

Invasion Begins...

Mar 7, 1936

German troops march unopposed into the Rhineland

Berlin Olympics

Aug 1, 1936

Summer Olympics begin in Berlin