Hitler Comes to Power in Germany
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Dictatorships, Dictators, Tyrants, Fascism, Fascists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Berlin
- Date: January 30, 1933
Article abstract: Hitler comes to power in Germany and leads the Nazi Party, marking the end of German democracy in the 1930’s and ushering in political changes that lead to World War II.
Summary of Event
On the morning of January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler took the oath of office from the venerable president of the Weimar Republic, Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. That evening thousands of torch-bearing Nazi Brown Shirts, or members of the paramilitary Sturm Abteilung (SA), marched through the Brandenburg Gate past the new chancellor, celebrating...
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