page_title: 1933 in Germany
section_title: Events In Germany
hierarchical_section_title: 1933 in Germany / Events In Germany
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Tag von Potsdam, Adolf Hitler, Paul v. Hindenburg Zentralbild Reichspräsident von Hindenburg und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler am Tage von Potsdam (21. März 1933) [Potsdam.- Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler verneigt sich vor Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg (in Uniform mit Pickelhaube) und gibt ihm die Hand] Abgebildete Personen: Hitler, Adolf: Reichskanzler, Deutschland Hindenburg, Paul von Beneckendorff und von: Reichspräsident, Generalfeldmarschall, Deutschland (GND 118551264)
context_page_description: Events in the year 1933 in Germany.
context_section_description: 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.
  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.
  22 March – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
  26 March – Air minister Hermann Göring denies that Germany's Jews are in danger.
  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.
  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 – The Nazis stage massive public book burnings throughout Germany.
  26 May —  The Nazi Party introduces a law to legalise eugenic sterilisation.
  25 June – The Wilmersdorfer Tennishallen delegates convene in Berlin.
  14 July – Forming new political parties is forbidden in Germany. The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring is implemented. All non-Nazi parties are forbidden in Germany.
  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 were withdrawn. On the first list of Thirty-three names, were 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
  16 October – Germany announces its intention to officially leave the League of Nations.
caption: 21 March: President Paul von Hindenburg meets Hitler on "Day of Potsdam"
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