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Hitler joins the German Workers' Party
The German Workers' Party is also called DAP, which will later turn into the Nazi Party. -
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The Rise of the Nazi Party
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Nazi Formation
Hitler writes that DAP 25 point programme, which clearly outlines that party's agenda. The party then changes it's name National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis), -
Hitler takes over the Nazi Party
Hitler becomes the undisputed leader of the Nazi Party -
Hitler launched a coup known as the Beer Hall Putsch which failed.
The Nazi party is outlawed for this and Hitler is sent to jail. -
Hitler is imprisoned
Hitler is sentenced to 5 years but he was released after 8 months. While in prison he wrote "Mein Kampf" which translates to "My Struggle." -
Reestablishment of the Nazi Party
After President Friedrich Ebert dies, Hitler is able to put power back into the Nazi Party -
Propaganda of the Nazi Party
After Hitler appoints Joesf Goebbles as the Gauleiter of Berlin, the Nazi Party participates in the election in Reichstag, where they win only 2.3% of the national votes. -
Great Depression in Germany
The crash of the New York Stock Market sparks a global depression which leads to more German unemployment which was already at increased levels. -
Collapse of the Weimar Government
The Weimar Government begins to collapse over the disagreements about how Germany should respond to the Great Depression, the Nazi Party then receives 18.3% of the national votes -
Nazi's rise in popularity
By 1932 the Nazis have 37.4% of the national vote for the Reichstag Elections. -
Hitler becomes Chancellor
Hitler is appointed chancellor by President Hindenburg on January 30th, by February 27th the Nazis are able to take control of regional governments after the Reichstag is burned in a "mysterious" fire. In November, Germany withdrawals from the League of Nations. -
Hindenburg dies
Between the months of June and July, Germany was in a state of crisis, there were many shootings and arrests occurring. In August, President Hindenburg dies and Hitler becomes the President of Germany. -
Creation of the Germany Air Force
Hitler denounces the Treaty of Versailles and announces the creation of the German Air Force, the military force in Germany grew. England and France failed to respond, and later on the Nuremburg Laws were creating, stripping all rights of German Jews. -
The Four Year Plan
The Nazis announced their Four Year economic plan, which was to prepare the country for self-sufficiency. Hitler grows the military power in the Rhineland, again violating the Treaty of Versailles. -
Attack on German Jews
In the month of November an attack on German Jews and their property throughout Germany, referred to as "Kristallnacht", or "the Night of the Broken Glass". A total of 91 Jews are killed, hundreds torched, and around 30,000 Jewish men are arrested. -
Invasion of Poland
Hitler annexes the rest of the Czech Republic and demands the Poland gives up some of the land they were given from the Treaty of Versailles. Poland refuses, Germany signs a secret treaty with the Soviet Union (Russia) in August and on September 1, Germany invades Poland, sparking the beginning of the Second World War.
