On 30 January 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, as Chancellor of Germany, advised by conservative politicians, such as Franz von Papen, who believed they could control him. A month later the Reichstag fire gave a pretext for decrees suspending civil liberties, and in March the Enabling Act gave Hitler the power to rule by decree. Opposition parties were banned by July. When Hindenburg died in August 1934, Hitler merged the offices of chancellor and president, as Fuhrer. The regime embarked on rearmament, persecution of Jews and war.
Before and after
- 1933Karl Jansky detects radio waves from the Milky Way
- 1933Fritz Zwicky infers dark matter
- 5 January 1933Death of Calvin Coolidge
- 25 January 1933Birth of Corazon Aquino
- 30 January 1933Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
- 18 February 1933Birth of Yoko Ono
- 21 February 1933Birth of Nina Simone
- 27 February 1933Reichstag fire
- 4 March 1933First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
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