Day 1
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of the German 3rd Reich
January 30, 1933
February 1, 1933
Day 3
- Hitler makes his first speech as Chancellor
February 3, 1933
Day 5
In a secret speech with Germany’s senior Army and Navy commanders, Hitler outlines his plans to begin male conscription, to rearm Germany in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, and, eventually, to invade Eastern Europe to increase Germany’s territory.
February 4, 1933
Day 6
With the approval of Germany’s President Hindenburg, Hitler decreed the “Ordinance for the Protection of the German People”, which allowed the police to ban any publications which were a threat to public order.