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Köpenick's week of bloodshed (German "Köpenicker Blutwoche") is the name given to a week of arrests, torture, and killings by the SA between 21 and 26 June 1933. The victims were civilians, and the Berlin suburb of Köpenick, where it took place, was thought by the new government (and others) to contain particularly large numbers of Communists and Jews.
Events in the year 1933 in Germany. Incumbents. National level. President: Paul von Hindenburg; Chancellor: Kurt von Schleicher (until 28 January 1933)
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]
Germany's new "Chamber of Culture", Reichskulturkammer, was opened by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels in a ceremony at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall. Goebbels summed up the Nazi view in the inaugural speech, stating that "Culture is the highest expression of the creative forces of a nation, and the artist is its qualified inspirer", whose ...
The following events occurred in June 1933: ... Germany's Law for the Encouragement of Marriage took effect, providing for the Ehestandsdarlehen (Marriage loan) ...
[1] [2] The festivals ran from 1933 to 1937 on the Bückeberg, a hill near the town of Hamelin. Most festivals occurred every October, with the 1934 festival commencing 30 September. [ 3 ] The official purpose of the festival was the recognition of the achievements of the German farmers, whom the Nazis called the Reichsnährstand (the Reich's ...
Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler and Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg on Potsdam Day Cover of the special edition Der Tag von Potsdam in the weekly newspaper Die Woche. Potsdam Day, also known as the Tag von Potsdam or Potsdam Celebration, was a ceremony for the re-opening of the Reichstag following the Reichstag fire, held on 21 March 1933, shortly after that month's German federal election.
The Reichskonkordat, signed in July 1933, for this purpose is still valid today. Despite its political orientation, the Reich government wanted to maintain friendly relations with the Soviet Union because "the struggle against communism in Germany is our internal affair."