Timeline of Events
- 1933
- January 30
- February 28
- March 22
- April 1
- April 7
- April 25
- May 10
- July 14
- September 17
- October 4
- November 24
- 1934
- June 30
- August 2
- August 19
- 1935
- May 1
- June 28
- September 15
- 1936
- August 1
- August 3
- 1937
- July 15
- November 8
- 1938
- March 11
- March 14
- May 29
- July 6
- August 17
- September 29
- October 5
- November 9
- November 11
- November 12
- December 2
Death of German President von Hindenburg
Reich President Paul von Hindenburg with Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler. 1933–1945. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Richard Freimark, William O. McWorkman
August 2, 1934
German President Paul von Hindenburg dies. With the support of the German armed forces, Hitler becomes President of Germany. Later that month Hitler abolishes the office of President and declares himself Führer of the German Reich and People, in addition to his position as Chancellor. In this expanded capacity, Hitler now becomes the absolute dictator of Germany; there are no legal or constitutional limits to his authority.
Adolf Hitler salutes a crowd from his open car during the Reichsparteitag (Reich Party Day) parade in Nuremberg soon after the death of German President von Hindenburg. Germany, September 1934. —US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Richard Freimark
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