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30 January 1933
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Adolf Hitler is appointed Reich Chancellor with Franz von Papen as Vice-Chancellor.
27 February 1933
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Hitler transformed the devastation of the Reichstag fire into a major turning point for the Nazi movement.
28 February 1933
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This decree suspended the basic rights of the German people in the constitution and established the basis for the totalitarian state.
5 March 1933
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In this election the Nazis increased their representation in the Reichstag winning 43.9% of the vote.
21 March 1933
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The day of Potsdam was held as a demonstration of the unity between the Old prussian elite and the Nazi movement.
23 March 1933
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This law gave the government the power to issue new laws regardless of the Reichstag.
2 May 1933
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The German trade union movement was abolished after Hitler saw that they were exercising more power over the workers than he could. The German Labour Front (DAF) was established in its place.
14 July 1933
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This Law meant that the Nazi party was the only legal political party in Germany.
12 November 1933
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Since the Nazi party was now the only legal party this was hardly an election. However, Hitler used it as an opportunity to prove the popular appeal of the ne regime.
30 January 1934
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This law abolished the independence of the state governments, converting Germany into a highly centralised state.
14 February 1934
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The political institution which gives German states representation and influence at the federal level in Germany is dissolved.
20 April 1934
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Heinrich Himmler is appointed the head of the secret state police or Gestapo.
30 June 1934
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Adolf Hitler orders the removal of Nazi Leaders. He assassinates hundreds of Nazis whom he believed had the potential to become political enemies in the future.
2 August 1934
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President von Hindenburg died at the age of 87. Hitler abolished the position of president, combining the offices of president and chancellor.