1934Night of the Long Knives: Hitler Consolidates Power

June 30 – July 2: Adolf Hitler instigates the Night of the L...
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🇩🇪 Hitler Ascends: Führer of the Nazi Party Amid Weimar Crisis

Hitler Ascends: Führer of the Nazi Party Amid Weimar Crisis (1921)
Adolf HitlerWeimar RepublicPolitical LeadershipHyperinflationPolitical Instability
GermanyGermany

🇩🇪 Failed Beer Hall Putsch

November 8: The Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic, ends in failure and brief imprisonment for Adolf Hitler but brings the Nazi Party to national attention.
Failed Beer Hall Putsch (1923)
NazismWeimar RepublicAdolf HitlerPolitical ViolenceFascismCoup AttemptPolitical InstabilityInterwar Period
GermanyGermany

🗳️ Nazi Party Gains Majority in German Parliament

The Nazi party becomes the largest single party in the German parliament.
NazismWeimar RepublicFascismPolitical PartiesAdolf HitlerTotalitarianismInterwar Period
GermanyGermany

🇩🇪 Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany

Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany (1933)
NazismFascismAdolf HitlerWeimar RepublicPolitical PowerTotalitarianismWorld War IIPolitical TransitionDictatorship
GermanyGermany

🔪 Night of the Long Knives: Hitler Consolidates Power

June 30July 2: Adolf Hitler instigates the Night of the Long Knives, which cements his power over both the Nazi Party and Germany.
Night of the Long Knives: Hitler Consolidates Power (1934)
Nazi GermanyAdolf HitlerPurgePolitical ViolenceTotalitarianismDictatorshipThird Reich
GermanyGermany

👑 Hitler Assumes Title of Führer After Hindenburg's Death

August 2: With the death of Paul von Hindenburg, Hitler declares himself Führer of Germany.
Hitler Assumes Title of Führer After Hindenburg's Death (1934)
NazismTotalitarianismDictatorshipWorld War IIPolitical PowerLeadershipThird ReichAdolf HitlerWeimar Republic
GermanyGermany