1933 in Germany

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Events in the year 1933 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

President

• Paul von Hindenburg (Non-partisan)

Chancellor

• Kurt von Schleicher (Non-partisan) to January 28, then from 30 January Adolf Hitler (Nazi Party)

Events

• 30 January — Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.
• 1 February — Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin.
• 27 February — Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire (see Reichstag fire).
• 28 February — The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in response to the Reichstag fire, nullifying many German civil liberties.
• 1 March - Hundred are arrested as the Nazis round up their political opponents
• 12 March - Hinderburg bans the flag of the republic and oders the Imperial and Nazi flag to fly side by side
• 5 March — German election, 1933: National Socialists gain 43.9% of the votes.
• 8 March - Nazis ocuupy the Barvarian state parliament and expel deputies
• 15 March - Hitler prolclaims the Third Reich.
• 20 March — Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed (it opens 22 March).
• 23 March — The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
• 26 March - Aur minister Hermann Goering denies that Germany's Jews are in danger.
• 1 April — The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany.
• 7 April — The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service is passed in Germany.
• 21 April — Germany outlaws the kosher ritual shechita.
• 26 April — The Gestapo is established in Germany.
• 27 April — The Stahlhelm organization joins the Nazi party.
• 10 May — The Nazis stage massive public book burnings throughout Germany.
• 26 May — The Nazi Party introduces a law to legalize eugenic sterilization.
• 21 June — All non-Nazi parties are forbidden in Germany.
• 25 June — The Wilmersdorfer Tennishallen delegates convene in Berlin.
• 14 July — Forming new political parties is forbidden in Germany. The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring is implemented.
• 16 October — Germany announces its intention to officially leave the League of Nations.

Undated

• Nazi Germany forms the Expert Committee on Questions of Population and Racial Policy under Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick.

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  27 February - Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.

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  21 March: President Paul von Hindenburg meets Hitler on "Day of Potsdam"

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  April 1: Nazi soldiers hang a poster on the window of Jewish-owned business, that says: "German, protect yourself. Do not buy from Jews".

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  10 May: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

Births

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• 23 October — Yigal Tumarkin, German-born Israeli painter and sculptor

Deaths

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