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Signing of the Treaty of Versaille
The Paris Peace Conference began on January 18, 1919, with 21 nations in attendance. The representatives of Germany and the other defeated Central Powers were not allowed to sit at the conference table. -
Beer Hall Putsch
The Marienplatz in Munich during the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler and his associates planned to seize Munich and later to use Munich as a base for a march against Germany's Weimar Republic government. -
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is an autobiographical manifesto which is a whole book that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler wrote himself, in which he outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. -
The Great Depression
It was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
In the election of late 1932 the Nazis won 37 percent of the vote, and became the largest single party in the Reichstag. Hitler demanded the right to become Chancellor, but President Hindenburg appointed Franz von Papen instead. In the hope of creating a stable government, the President Hindenburg agreed to the plan. So on 30 January 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. -
Enabling Bill
It was in 1933 amendment to the Weimar Constitution that gave the German Cabinet in effect, Chancellor Adolf Hitler the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag. It passed in both the Reichstag and Reichsrat on 24 March, 1933. -
Hitler joins the Nazi party
It was a political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that practised Nazism.
