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Hitlers rise to presidency
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Hitler elected chancellor
President von Hindenburg elects Adolf Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany -
Reichtag fire
Dutch communist "confesses" to the crime and is beheaded. -
General elections
The NSDAP gains 44% of German peoples votes and are granted 288 seats in the Reichtag. -
Enabling act
The SA intimidates the remaining threats to the party -
Union leaders arrested
Local trade union leaders were apprehended -
All political parties banned
Every party except the NSDAP was abolished creating a one party state -
Night of the long knives
SA leaders murdered including Ernst Roehm and 400 other SA members -
Hitler declares himself president
After Hindenburg dies Hitler declares himself the sole leader of Germany