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Hitler changes the name of the “German Worker Party” to “National Socialist German Worker Party” (Nazi)
After being discharged from the army, Hitler joins the “German Worker Party”, and later changed its name into what we today know as the Nazi party. He presents a 25-point program in which the Nazis publicly declared their intention to segregate Jews from "Aryan" society and to abrogate Jews' political, legal, and civil rights. -
Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party
After challenging the leader and some resistance, Drexler stands down and allows Hitler to become the leader. -
Beer hall putsch
Hitler and the Nazi Party attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic with an armed uprising. -
Hitler refounds the Nazi Party
Hitler declares the reformulation of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) with himself as leader. -
Parliament elections
Nazist representatives in the parliament increase from 14 to 107 -
Hitler runs for president and loses
He was defeated by Paul Von Hindenburg -
Hitler's campaign speech
In July 1932 the Nazi Party wins 230 seats in German parliamentary elections, becoming the largest party represented. -
Hitler withdraws from the league of nations
Hitler withdrew from the league of nations and significantly increased his army. He was preparing for war. The other countries ignored it because they did not want another world war. -
Hitler appointed Chancellor
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Reichstag fire
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First concentration camp
Outside the town of Dachau, Germany, the SS (Schutzstaffel, Protection Squads) establishes its first concentration camp to incarcerate political opponents. -
Anti-Jewish Boycott
Less than 3 months after coming to power in Germany, the Nazi leadership stages an economic boycott targeting Jewish-owned businesses and the offices of Jewish professionals. -
The night of the long knives
Purge of Nazi leaders by Adolf Hitler on June 30, 1934. Fearing that the paramilitary SA had become too powerful, Hitler ordered his elite SS guards to murder the organization's leaders, including Ernst Röhm.
