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german president Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coliation government. -
outside the town of Dachau, Germany, the SS establishes its first concentration camp to incarcerate political opponents. -
the German government issues the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service which excludes Jews and other political opponents of the Nazis from all civil service positions. -
The German government passes the “Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases” mandating the forced sterilization of certain individuals with physical and mental disabilities. -
German President Paul von Hindenburg dies. With the support of the German armed forces, Hitler becomes President of Germany. -
Hitler abolishes the office of President and declares himself Führer of the German Reich and People, in addition to his position as Chancellor. -
SS authorities open the Buchenwald concentration camp for male prisoners in east-central Germany. Together with its many satellite camps, Buchenwald was one of the largest concentration camps established within German borders. -
The Nuremberg Race Laws consisted of two pieces of legislation: the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor.