The Nazi dictatorship

Question 1

March 1933

Answer 1

Appointment of Schacht as president of the Reichsbank.

Question 2

July 14th 1933

Answer 2

All political opposition to NSDAP declared illegal.

Question 3

June 30th 1934

Answer 3

Night of the Long Knives; purge of the SA.

Question 4

July 1934

Answer 4

Appointment of Schacht as minister of economics.

Question 5

August 2nd 1934

Answer 5

Death of Hindenburg: Hitler merged posts of chancellor and president to become Fuhrer.

Question 6

August 20th 1934

Answer 6

Oath of loyalty taken by the army.

Question 7

September 1934

Answer 7

Introduction of Schacht’s New Plan.

Question 8

1935

Answer 8

Mass arrests by Gestapo of socialists and Communists.

Question 9

June 1936

Answer 9

Appointment of Himmler as chief of police.

Question 10

October 1936

Answer 10

Four Year Plan established under Goering.

Question 11

November 1937

Answer 11

Resignation of Schacht as minister of economics.

Question 12

February 1938

Answer 12

Forced resignation of Field Marshal Blomberg and General Fritsch. Purge of army leadership.

Question 13

September 1939

Answer 13

Creation of Reich Security Office (RSHA).