1 Reichstag Fire - 27 Feb 1933 The Reichstag (the German Parliament) burned down. A Dutch
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2 General Election - 5 March 1933 Hitler held a general
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Goering become Speaker of the Reichstag.
3 Enabling Act - 23 March 1933 The Reichstag voted to give Hitler the power to make his own
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The
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4 Gestapo - 26 April 1933 The Nazis took over local government and the police. The Nazis started to replace anti-Nazi
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5 Trade Unions banned - 2 May 1933 The Trade Unions offices were closed, their
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6 Opposition banned - 14 July 1933 The Law against the Formation of
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7 Night of the Long Knives - 30 June 1934 There were more than a million SA men - there was no opposition left, and the SA were an
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8 Fuhrer - 19 August 1934 When Hindenburg died, Hitler took over the office of
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