AQA - AS GCE Historical Issues: Periods of Change Unit 2 HIS2M
Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
Chronology
Chronology: Key events in Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–45
1933 |
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| Jan | Hitler appointed Chancellor. |
| Feb | Reichstag fire. Suspension of civil liberties. |
| Mar | Elections to Reichstag – Nazis the largest Party. Goebbels appointed Propaganda Minister. Potsdam Day. Enabling Act. |
| Apr | Boycott of Jewish shops. |
| May | Trade Unions banned. Labour Front created. Book burnings throughout Germany. |
| Jul | Other political parties besides Nazis banned. |
1934 |
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| Jun | SA purge. |
| Aug | Hitler becomes President, Fuhrer and Head of State. |
1935 |
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| Mar | Conscription introduced. |
| Sep | Nuremburg Laws. |
1936 |
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| Mar | Remilitarisation of the Rhineland. |
| Aug | Four-Year Economic Plan. |
1937 |
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| Nov | Goring takes control of the economy. |
1938 |
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| Nov | Krystallnacht pogrom against the Jews. |
1939 |
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| Sep | Start of the Second World War. |
1941 |
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| Jun | German invasion of the USSR. |
1942 |
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| Jan | Wannsee conference on the Final Solution. Autumn Battle of Stalingrad. |
1943 |
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| Feb | Goebbels’ Declaration of ‘Total War’. |
1944 |
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| Jul | Bomb plot against Hitler. |
1945 |
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| Apr | Hitler’s suicide. |
| May | German surrender. |