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Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany
In the November 1932 German
elections, the Nazi Party won 33 percent
of the vote, more than any other party.
• German President Paul von Hindenburg
(left) appointed Adolf Hitler (right), the
head of the National Socialist German
Workers Party (Nazi Party), as the new
chancellor of Germany.
• Conservative politicians thought they
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Dachau Concentration Camp Opens
• Dachau was the first concentrationcamp established by the Nazigovernment. It was originally incarcerate political opponents of the new regime.
• By the end of 1933, Dachau held 4,800 prisoners. Almost all of them were imprisoned for political reasons: for being a socialist, a communist, a Social Democrat (a political party opposing the Nazis), or an advocate of trade unions. intended to