Timeline Of Events Flashcards
30th January 1933
Hitler appointed as chancellor
1st February 1933
The Reichstag dissolved by hindenburg under Hitlers request
27-28th February 1933
Reichstag fire
5th march 1933
Election for Reichstag
1st April 1933
Boycott of Jewish shops and businesses
26th April 1933
Establishment of the gestapo
10th may 1933
The creation of the German labour front (DAF)
May 1933?
The confessional church was established
14th July 1933
The creation of a one party state
24th July 1933
Concordat with the Catholic Church
30th June 1934
The night of the long knives
2nd August 1934
Death of Hindenburg, Hitler becomes both chancellor and president.
20th august 1934
Army signs the oath of loyalty
May 1935
Mass arrests of socialists and communists by the Gestapo
15th September 1935
Nuremberg laws are introduced
12th December 1935
Lebensborn program introduced to improve the racial quality
17th June 1936
Himmler appointed the head of the German police
Summer 1936
Berlin olympics
August-October 1936
The four year plan was introduced
12th January 1938
The Bloomberg and Fritsch affair
March 1938
Austria included in the Anschluss
9th November 1938
Kristallnacht
8th December 1938
The decree for the struggle against gypsy plague
March 1939
Joining of the Hitler youth made compulsory for all under 18
September 1939
Start of the euthanasia campaign
1st September 1939
Germany invades Poland
3rd September 1939
France + Britain declare war against Germany
13th August 1941
Bishop galens sermon against euthanasia
20th January 1942
Wannsee conference
20th July 1944
Stauffenberg plot
25th October 1944
Execution of edelweiss pirates
4th february 1945
Yalta conference
30th April 1945
Suicide of Hitler
7th may 1945
Surrender of Germany
17th July - 2nd of August
Potsdam conference
November - October 1946
Nuremberg trials
April 1946
- formation of the socialist unity party in the Eastern zone
- religious studies removed in the Eastern Zone
1st January 1947
Formation of Bizonia following the merger of the US and British zones
12th march 1947
Truman doctrine
June 1947
Marshall plans offer aid to Germany
April to June 1948
The constitution for west Germany is discussed
June 1948 (west)
Currency reforms in the western zones
24th June 1948
Berlin blockade begins
1st august 1948
Trizonia formed
12th may 1949
- Berlin blockade ends
May 1949
FRG established
15th September 1949
Adenauer is elected as the chancellor of the FRG
7th October 1949
GDR created
18th April 1951
FRG joins the EU coal + steel community
Over 1952 in GDR
Voluntary collectivisation begins
10th march 1952
Stalin suggests the unification of Germany
16th June 1953
GDR uprising
6th September 1953
Adenauer wins election again (2nd time)
Over 1954 in GDR
Youth dedication service introduced and imposed in the GDR
9th may 1955
FRG joins NATO
8th September 1955
Adenauer visits Moscow and secures POWs
November 1957
Creation of the FRG army
15th September 1957
Adenauer wins the election in the FRG with a huge majority (3rd time)
Over 1960 in the GDR
Further collectivisation
13th august 1961
The Berlin Wall is built overnight
17th September 1961
Adenauer wins his 4th election in the FRG
October - November 1962
Der Spiegel affair
June 1963
New economic system for planning + direction in GDR
16th October 1963
Adenauer resigns