| Jan 30 1933 Hitler appointed chancellor; under Nazi programme Minister of Propaganda Goebbels controls radio, newspapers, film, theater, books; Nazi educational system perfected Feb 27 1933 President Hindenberg follows fire in Reichstag with emergency decree suspending freedoms March 1933 Elections yield 43.9% for Hitler (not enough) March 23 1933 Hitler calls for the four-year "Enabling Act" which gives government dictatorial powers and the right not to consult parliament; Goering and Frick take over the police, SS, SA; Dachau, concentration camp for political subversives, opens April 1 1933 Jewish boycott April 7 1933 Jews/non-Aryans dismissed from civil service (scientists, teachers, government workers, later lawyers) April 25 1933 Jewish students forbidden to study in German schools May 10 1933 Public book burning organized by Goebbels July 14 1933 Citizenship of those naturalized after Sept 1918 cancelled Sept 29 1933 "Reich Chamber of Culture" keeps Aryans and Jewish separate; also farms may only be inherited by Aryans Oct 1933 Hitler withdraws Germany from the League of Nations to 90% approval by German people |
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