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Adolf Hitler becomes leader of National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
Nazis controlled Germany during 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government. They took over countries and nations. -
Germany admitted to League of Nations.
The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. The government called off a strike, then persuaded the French to leave the Ruhr and got the rest of the world to allow Germany to join the League of Nations in 1926. -
Stock Market on Wall Street crashes.
The Great Depression lasted approximately 10 years and affected both industrialized and non industrialized countries in many parts of the world.The stock market crash of 1929 was not the sole cause of the Great Depression, but it did act to accelerate the global economic collapse of which it was also a symptom -
Germans elect Nazis making them the 2nd largest political party in Germany.
Although it was extremely difficult for the opposition parties to campaign properly, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party still failed to win an overall victory in the election on 5th March, 1933. -
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany.
Hitler’s emergence as chancellor on January 30, 1933, marked a crucial turning point for Germany and, ultimately, for the world. His plan, embraced by much of the German population, was to do away with politics and make Germany a powerful, unified one-party state. -
Hitler's enabling act
The newly elected members of the German Parliament met in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin to consider passing Hitler's Enabling Act. It was officially called the 'Law for Removing the Distress of the People and the Reich.' If passed, it would effectively mean the end of democracy in Germany and establish the legal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. -
German president dies
When Germany's persistent dies Adolf Hitler could claim he was Führer of the German nation by direct will of the people. Hitler now wielded absolute power in Germany -
The Nuremberg Race Laws
The Nuremberg Laws had the unexpected result of causing confusion and heated debate over who was a "full Jew." The Nazis then issued instructional charts such as the one shown below to help distinguish Jews from Mischlinge and Aryans. -
Hitler's secret conference
On November 5, 1937, Adolf Hitler held a secret conference in the Reich Chancellery during which he revealed his plans for the acquisition of Lebensraum, or living space, for the German people at the expense of other nations in Europe. -
Germany announces 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria.
Adolf Hitler, Führer of Germany, accepts salutes and cheers from the Nazi controlled Reichstag after announcing the Anschluss (union) with Austria. Immediately after the Anschluss, Nazis began a brutal crackdown on Austrian Jews, arresting them and publicly humiliating them
