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  2. 1933 in Germany - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. March 1933 German federal election - Wikipedia

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    Federal elections were held in Germany on 5 March 1933, after the Nazi seizure of power on 30 January and just six days after the Reichstag fire.The election saw Nazi stormtroopers unleash a widespread campaign of violence against the Communist Party (KPD), left-wingers, [1]: 317 trade unionists, the Social Democratic Party [1] and the Centre Party.

  4. Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    Nazi Germany, [i] officially known as the German Reich [j] and later the Greater German Reich, [k] was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

  5. 1933 German League of Nations withdrawal referendum

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    A referendum on withdrawing from the League of Nations was held in Germany on 12 November 1933 alongside Reichstag elections. [1] The measure was approved by 95% of voters with a turnout of 96%. [2]

  6. Enabling Act of 1933 - Wikipedia

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    The Enabling Act of 1933 (German: Ermächtigungsgesetz), officially titled Gesetz zur Behebung der Not von Volk und Reich (lit. ' Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich ' ), [ 1 ] was a law that gave the German Cabinet – most importantly, the Chancellor – the power to make and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or ...

  7. Weimar Republic - Wikipedia

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    Since July 1933, the NSDAP was the only legally permitted party in Germany. The Reichstag from 1933 onward effectively became the rubber stamp parliament that Hitler had desired. [177] The passage of the Enabling Act of 1933 is widely considered to mark the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of Nazi Germany. It effectively destroyed ...

  8. Government of Nazi Germany - Wikipedia

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    On 30 January 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. This event is known as the Machtergreifung (seizure of power). [1] In the following months, the Nazi Party used a process termed Gleichschaltung (co-ordination) to rapidly bring all aspects of life under control of the party. [2]

  9. Adolf Hitler's rise to power - Wikipedia

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    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