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Only the Social Democrats, led by Otto Wels, opposed the measure, which came into effect on 27 March. The bill's provisions turned the government into a de facto legal dictatorship. Within four months, the other parties had been shuttered by outright banning or Nazi terror, and Germany had become formally a one-party state.
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 ...
March 21, 1933: Adolf Hitler shakes hands with President Hindenburg on Potsdam Day. The Day of Potsdam took place at the tomb of Frederick the Great . Hitler, President Hindenburg, and former Crown Prince Wilhelm appeared together in a ceremony choreographed by the Ministry of Propaganda to symbolize the transition between Germany's past before ...
A general election was scheduled for 5 March 1933. The Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933 was held between Hitler and 20 to 25 industrialists at the official residence of Hermann Göring in the Reichstag Presidential Palace, and was aimed at financing the election campaign of the Nazi Party (NSDAP). [18] [19]
5 March: In the Reichstag election, the Nazis win 44% of the vote, well short of the absolute majority they wanted. The Social Democrats and Communists fall to 18% and 12%, respectively. [113] 23 March: The Enabling Act of 1933 passes the Reichstag. It gives the chancellor and cabinet the power to write and enforce laws without the involvement ...
A news photograph of the "Boycott Nazi Germany" rally held in Madison Square Garden on March 15, 1937. The boycott began in March 1933 in both Europe and the US and continued until the entry of the US into the war on December 7, 1941. [13] [14] [15] By July 1933, the boycott had forced the resignation of the board of the Hamburg America Line ...
Adolf Hitler addressing the Reichstag on 23 March 1933. Seeking assent to the Enabling Act, Hitler offered the possibility of friendly co-operation, promising not to threaten the Reichstag, the President, the States or the Churches if granted the emergency powers. Chart: political system in Germany after two years of dictatorship
1933 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1933rd ... is completed in Germany (it opens March 22 to hold political prisoners).