1933 in Germany

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27 February - Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.

Events in the year 1933 in Germany.

Incumbents

National level

President

• Paul von Hindenburg (Non-partisan)

Chancellor

• Kurt von Schleicher (Non-partisan) to 28 January, then from 30 January Adolf Hitler (Nazi Party)

Events In Germany

21 March: President Paul von Hindenburg meets Hitler on "Day of Potsdam"

• 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: Nazi soldiers hang a poster on the window of Jewish-owned business, that says: "German, protect yourself. Do not buy from Jews".

• 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: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

• 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[1]
• 16 October – Germany announces its intention to officially leave the League of Nations.

Undated

• Nazi Germany forms the Expert Committee on Questions of Population and Racial Policy under Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick.

Births

• 3 March - Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (died 2015)
• 5 March - Walter Kasper, German cardinal of Roman-Catholic Church
• 6 March - Willy Schäfer, German actor (died 2011)
• 7 March - Hannelore Kohl, first wife of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (died 2001)
• 9 March - Reinhard Lettmann, bishop of the Roman Catholic Church (died 2013)
• 14 March - Duke Carl Gregor of Mecklenburg, German nobleman and musician (died 2018)
• 20 March — Michael Pfleghar, German film director and screenwriter (died 1991)
• 7 April - Johannes Schaaf, German film and theatre director
• 29 May — Helmuth Rilling, German choral conductor
• 8 June — Ernst W. Hamburger, German-born Brazilian physicist (died 2018)
• 27 June - Horst Brandstätter, German businessman (died 2015)
• 3 July - Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, German nobleman
• 5 July — Michael Heltau, German actor and singer
• 11 July - Ernst Jacobi, German actor
• 14 July - Franz, Duke of Bavaria, German nobleman
• 15 July - Manfred Homberg, German boxer (died 2010)
• 16 July - Heinz Dürr, German entrepreneur
• 6 August - Ulrich Biesinger, German footballer (died 2011)
• 16 August - Reiner Kunze, German writer
• 10 September - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (died 2019)
• 14 October - Wilfried Dietrich German wrestler (died 1992)
• 23 October — Yigal Tumarkin, German-born Israeli painter and sculptor
• 30 October - Johanna von Koczian, German actress
• 9 November - Renate Ewert, German acress (died 1966)
• 13 November - Peter Härtling, German writer, poet, publisher and journalist (died 2017)
• 20 November - Hermann von Richthofen, German diplomat
• 4 December - Horst Buchholz, German actor (died 2003)

Deaths

• January 3 — Wilhelm Cuno, German politician and former Chancellor of Germany (born 1876)
• February 1 - Gustav Lilienthal, German social reformer (born 1849)
• February 24 - Johannes Meisenheimer, German zoologist (born 1873)
• April 12 - Andreas Blunck, German politician (born 1871)
• April 24 - Wilhelm von Schoen, German diplomat (born 1851)
• May 27 - James Loeb, German banker (born 1867)
• July 24 - Max von Schillings, German conductor (born 1868)
• September 9 - Friedrich Fülleborn, German physician who specialized in tropical medicine and parasitology (born 1866)
• September 14 - Theodor Rocholl, German painter (born 1854)
• October 11 — Reinhold Tiling, German engineer (born 1893)
• October 19 - Heinrich Brauns, politician (born 1868)
• October 25 - Friedrich Heinrich Albert Wangerin, German mathematician (born 1844)
• November 26 - Franz Bracht, German politician (born 1877)
• December 4 - Stefan George, German symbolist poet (born 1868)
• December 9 - Julius Falkenstein, German actor (born 1879)

References

1. spiegel.de (german)