Nazi Germany

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  • Hitler joins the GWP

    Adolf Hitler joins the German Workers' Party (GWP) , which later became the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party.

  • Schutz Staffeinel

    Schutz Staffeinel
    The Schutz Staffeinel (SS) is formed. Heinrich Himmler takes leadership from 1929 to 1945, when it was disbanded. They were completely under Hitler's control, and he in turn used them to cement his grip on Germany.

  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf
    First publication of Mein Kampf (My Struggle) by Adolf Hitler.

  • Nazis Elected

    Nazi Party wins 14 seats in Reichstag, the German Parliament/Diet.

  • Goebbels

    Goebbels
    Joseph Goebbels takes over the Nazi party's propaganda unit, though he had been involved in the party's advertisements since 1925. Along with posters and organized parades, Goebbels sent his body guards to foment political agitation.

  • the Nazi Party grows

    The Nazi Party has 178,00 members.

  • Chancellor Heinrich Bruning

    Chancellor Heinrich Bruning
    The conservative Bruning tried to protect Germany by using increased taxation, high tariffs, and continued reparation payments, but his actions crippled the German economy. He disbanded the Reichstag in 1930 after they fought these policies. With the reelection in September, more Nazis and Communistst were represented in the legislative body.

  • The Nazis' growing influence.

    Party wins 107 seats in Reichstag.

  • The German Chancellor

    The German Chancellor
    Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor.

  • Dachau

    First concentration camp formed at Dachau.

  • Enabling Bill

    Reichstag passes the Enabling Bill after overwhelming pressure from Hitler and the Nazi party. Opposed only by the Social Democrat minority.

  • Enabling Bill put into action

    Hitler uses the Enabling Bill to exclude Communists from the government.

  • Burning of the Books

    Burning of the Books
    Goebbels led this attack on literature, burning any books that were considered subversive or contrary to the Nazi ideology. Works of authors like Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Emile Zola were destroyed.

  • Chancellor Hitler

    Hitler becomes chancellor.

  • Anschluss

    Germany annexes Austria, and Adolf Hitler displaces the Austria prime minister, Kurt von Schuschnigg, who was then jailed until 1945.