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Hitler Campaign Speech
In July 1932 the Nazi Party wins 230 seats in German parliamentary elections, becoming the largest party represented. Hitler in addressing the crowd, as he promises salvation for the German nation -
Adolf Hitler Appointed Chancellor
Nazi Party, assumes control of the German state when German President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor at the head of a coalition government -
Anti-Jewish Boycott
The boycott was presented to the German people as both a reprisal and an act of revenge for the bad international press against Germany since the appointment of Hitler’s government in January, 1933. -
Book Burning
As part of an effort to align German arts Germany burned thousands of books they considered to be “un-German." -
Death of German President von Hindenburg
German President Paul von Hindenburg dies. With the support of the German armed forces, Hitler becomes President of Germany. Hitler now becomes the absolute dictator of Germany, -
Revision of Paragraph 175
The German Ministry of Justice revises Paragraphs 175 and 175a of the German criminal code with the intent of 1 expanding the range of criminal offenses to encompass any contact between men, either physical or in form of word or gesture. -
Nuremberg Race Laws
The Nuremberg Race Laws consisted of two pieces of legislation: the Reich Citizenship Law and the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor. -
Munich Agreement
September 29–30, 1938: Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement, by which Czechoslovakia must surrender its border regions and defenses to Nazi Germany.
