Nazi

  • german workers party is formed

    Political party founded in Munich, precursor to the Nazi Party.
  • stresemann dies

    Former Chancellor and Foreign Minister who helped the Weimar Republic recover, dies of a stroke.
  • wall street crash

    in new york wall street crashes leaving millions with nothing having a knock on affect in germany
  • Reichstag Election

    Nazis win 107 seats, becoming the second-largest party; propaganda and promises of strong leadership appeal to voters.
  • present elections

    Hitler loses to Hindenburg but gains 13 million votes, showing his popularity.
  • Reich tax

    German capital control law used by Nazis to seize assets from Jews and others leaving Germany, effectively confiscating wealth as legalized theft, especially after 1938. It was initially meant to stop capital flight but became a tool of persecution, targeting Jewish emigrants to plunder their fortunes as they fled the Nazi regime, turning a financial regulation into a discriminatory instrument of racial policy
  • elections

    The Nazis win 230 seats in the Reichstag election making them the largest party. 37% of voters support Hitler and the Nazis.
  • Reichstag election

    Nazi seats drop slightly to 196; political instability continues.
  • Eugenics programs

    They believed only pure aryan children were worthy and made sure both parents were aryan
  • hitler becomes chancellor

    hitler is elected offically into office
  • reichstag fire

    The reichstag fire is started a young communist is found at the scene and is arrested
  • the reichstag fire decree

    the reichstag fire decree
  • elections

    nazis win 288 seats (43.9%) however not majority (50%+)
  • enabling act

    hitlers enabling act was voted in with a 2/3 majority he could know pass laws without reichstag/presidential approval
  • rally

    Mass anti-Nazi rally held in Madison Square Garden, New York.
  • jewish boycott

    a nationwide boycott of jewish businesses takes place
  • removal in effect

    hitler removed jews and opponts from all govenmal jobs eg teachers
  • the Gestapo

    the gestapo secret state police is established
  • trade unions

    hitler removed all trade unions and removed them with the german labour front further solidifying his power
  • The law for the prevention of hereditarily diseased offspring

    Compulsory sterilisation of people with mental and physical disabilities
  • one party

    germany offically became a one party state (only nazis)
  • Concordat with the Catholic Church

    The Nazis and Catholic Church sign an agreement to leave each other alone.
  • league of nations withdrawal

    In October 1933, some nine months after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, the German government announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations. The ostensible reason was the refusal of the Western powers to acquiesce in Germany's demands for military parity.
  • dangerous habitiaul criminals law

    The German government passes a “Law against Dangerous Habitual Criminals.” The new law allows courts to order the indefinite imprisonment of “habitual criminals” if they deem the person dangerous to society. It also provides for the castration of sex offenders.
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    non-aggression pact with poland

    The German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact, signed on January 26, 1934, was a 10-year agreement between Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic promising to resolve disputes through bilateral negotiation rather than force. Initiated by Hitler to prevent a Polish-French alliance and secure his eastern border, the pact briefly normalized relations until Hitler unilaterally revoked it on April 28, 1939, leading to the invasion of Poland.
  • night of the long knives

    hitler sets up a trap to remove the sa killing over 1000 members. after this the army swore an oath of loyalty to hitler
  • hindenburg dies

    president hindenburg dies
  • furher

    hitler is voted in as furher marking the end of democracy
  • Law for the protection of the hereditary health of the German nation

    enabling forced sterilization of people deemed to have alleged genetic disorders like epilepsy, schizophrenia, or "feeblemindedness," often based on flawed racial hygiene ideas, a dark example of state-sanctioned eugenics inspired partly by US laws but escalated to horrific levels under Hitler's regime.
  • navel agreement

    britian and germany signed. it allowed germany to increase the number of warships. and allowed them to build U-boats
  • Attack on Abyssinia

    this increased the spilt with the british and french. it meant that the international opposition to hitlers plans were divided
  • Saar plebiscite

    At the end of 15 years, a plebiscite was to be held to determine the final status of the Saar. This vote took place on January 13, 1935. More than 90 percent of the voters favored the immediate reintegration of the Saar into Germany, which duly took effect on March 1, 1935.
    90.7% voted to give it back to germany
  • reminiltarisation

    On March 7, 1936, Nazi Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact by marching 22,000 troops into the demilitarized Rhineland zone. This bold move aimed to overturn post-WWI restrictions, bolster German security, and test Allied resolve. France and Britain, distracted by domestic issues and unwilling to risk war, took no action, allowing the remilitarization to succeed.
  • Anti-Comintern Pact

    The Anti-Comintern Pact was a 1936 treaty between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, later joined by Italy in 1937, aimed at opposing the Communist International (Comintern) and specifically targeting the Soviet Union. It was a key alliance paving the way for the Axis Powers, focusing on intelligence sharing and combating Soviet influence.
  • Austrian Anschluss

    The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluß Österreichs, was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an Anschluss arose after the 1871 unification of Germany excluded Austria and the German Austrians from the Prussian-dominated German Empire.
  • Segregated schools

    Laws like the 1933 statute capped Jewish students in public schools, forcing them into separate, often underfunded, Jewish institutions or exclusion, a precursor to the Holocaust.
  • War

    Britain declared war on Germany at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, 3 September 1939, following Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced the declaration on BBC radio after Germany failed to meet a ultimatum to withdraw troops. This fulfilled Britain's pledge to defend Polish sovereignty.