Rise of the Nazis - Dates Flashcards
German Worker’s Party (NSDAP) founded by Anton Drexler
January 1919
Twenty-Five Points Programme published (outlines Nazi ideology)
February 1920
NSDAP publishes the ‘Volkischer Beobachter’ (People’s Observer)
February 1920
Hitler becomes chairman of the NSDAP
July 1921
Munich Putsch (leads to HiItler’s imprisonment)
November 1923
NSDAP conference at Bamberg (establishes Fuhrerprinzip)
February 1926
Wall Street Crash
October 1929
Bruning’s Chancellorship
1930-32
NSDAP vote increases in elections for the Reichstag
September 1930
Hindenburg beats Hitler in presidential election
March 1932
Bruning forced to resign as Chancellor and is replaced by Franz von Papen
May 1932
NSDAP become the largest party in Reichstag elections
July 1932
von Papen resigns as Chancellor to be replaced by von Schleicher
November 1932
Hitler appointed as Chancellor
January 1933
Reichstag Fire; the Decree for the Protection of the People and State
February 27/28 1933
NSDAP largest party in the Reichstag elections but fails to win a majority
March 1933
Enabling Act passed by the Reichstag (destroys the constitution)
23 March 1933
Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
April 1933
Trade Unions banned and the German Labour Front (DAF) created
2 May 1933 (day after May Day celebrations)
All political parties expect the NSDAP banned
14 July 1933
Concordat between Catholic Church and State
July 1933
French and Belgium troops take of the Ruhr (after Germany refuses to pay reparations from TofV)
11 January 1923
French officer shot in the Ruhr (led to many Germans killed by the French)
10 March 1923
German Government said it could no longer pay Reparations
December 1922
