1933 in Germany

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27 February - Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.

Events in the year 1933 in Germany.

Incumbents[]

President: Paul von Hindenburg
Chancellor:
- Kurt von Schleicher (until 28 January 1933)
- Adolf Hitler (from 30 January 1933)

21 March: President Paul von Hindenburg meets Hitler on "Day of Potsdam"

30 January – Nazi leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg.
1 February – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the German People" in Berlin.
27 February – The Reichstag, Germany's parliament building in Berlin, is set on fire under controversial circumstances.
28 February – The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in response to the Reichstag fire, nullifying many German civil liberties.
1 March – Hundreds are arrested as the Nazis round up their political opponents.
5 March – German federal election, March 1933: National Socialists gain 43.9% of the votes.
8 March – Nazis occupy the Bavarian State Parliament and expel deputies.
12 March – Hindenburg bans the flag of the republic and orders the Imperial and Nazi flag to fly side by side.
15 March – Hitler proclaims the Third Reich.
20 March – Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, is completed (it opens 22 March).
21 March – Jewish organizations announce an economic boycott of German goods.
23 March – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act ("The law for removing the distress of people and the Reich"), making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany, curbing its own power.^[1]
26 March – Air minister Hermann Göring denies that Germany's Jews are in danger.

1 April: Nazi soldiers hang a poster on the window of Jewish-owned business, that says: "German, protect yourself. Do not buy from Jews".

1 April – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organise a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany.
7 April – The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service is passed, forcing all "non-Aryans" to retire from the legal profession and civil service.^[1]
21 April – Germany outlaws the kosher ritual shechita.
26 April – The Gestapo is established in Germany.
27 April – Der Stahlhelm veterans organisation joins the Nazi Party.

10 May: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

10 May – Nazi book burnings are staged publicly throughout Germany.
26 May – The Nazi Party introduces a law to legalise eugenic sterilisation.
2 June – The Nazi authorities form the 'Expert Committee on Questions of Population and Racial Policy' under Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick.
21 June – All non-Nazi political parties are forbidden.^[1]
25 June – The Wilmersdorfer Tennishallen delegates convene in Berlin to protest against the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi Germany.
14 July – Forming new political parties is forbidden.^[1] The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring is implemented.
20 July – Signing of the Reichskonkordat between the Vatican and Nazi Germany.
23 August – The Nazis publish the first of the four lists of people whose German citizenship, passports and other privileges are withdrawn. On the first list of thirty-three names are the Jewish authors Heinrich Mann, Lion Feuchtwanger, Ernst Toller and Kurt Tucholsky.
30 August–3 September – The 5th Nazi Party Congress is held in Nuremberg and is called the "Rally of Victory" (Reichsparteitag des Sieges) in reference to the Nazi seizure of power^[2]
16 October – Germany officially announces its intention to leave the League of Nations.

3 January — Wilhelm Cuno, German politician and former Chancellor of Germany (born 1876)
14 February – Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (born 1864)
7 September — Max Adalbert, German actor (born 1874)
11 October — Reinhold Tiling, German engineer (born 1893)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McDonough, Frank (February 2020). "1933: death of a democracy". History Today. 70 (2): 70-83.
^ Spiegel.de (German)