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  • Berlin, Germany
    Jan, 1933
    Martin Bormann

    The Machtergreifung (NSDAP Seizure of Power)

    Berlin, Germany
    Jan, 1933

    After the Machtergreifung (NSDAP seizure of power) in January 1933, the relief fund was repurposed to provide general accident and property insurance, so Bormann resigned from its administration.




  • Germany
    Sunday Jan 1, 1933
    Heinrich Himmler

    SS-Obergruppenführer

    Germany
    Sunday Jan 1, 1933

    Effective 1 January 1933, Hitler promoted Himmler to the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer, equal in rank to the senior SA commanders.




  • Moscow, Soviet Union
    Jan, 1933
    Ho Chi Minh

    The British quietly released him

    Moscow, Soviet Union
    Jan, 1933

    The British quietly released him in January 1933. He moved to the Soviet Union and in Moscow studied and taught at the Lenin Institute.




  • Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933
    Adolf Hitler

    New Cabinet

    Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933

    On 30 January 1933, the new cabinet was sworn in during a brief ceremony in Hindenburg's office. The NSDAP gained three posts: Hitler was named chancellor, Wilhelm Frick Minister of the Interior, and Hermann Göring Minister of the Interior for Prussia.




  • Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933
    The Holocaust

    Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany

    Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933

    With the appointment in January 1933 of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany and the Nazi's seizure of power, German leaders proclaimed the rebirth of the Volksgemeinschaft ("people's community").




  • Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933
    Weimar Republic

    Hitler was appointed as Chancellor

    Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933

    Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor on the morning of 30 January 1933.




  • Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933
    World War II

    Hitler became the Chancellor

    Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933

    Adolf Hitler, after an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow German government in 1923, he became the Chancellor in 30 January 1933.


  • Berlin, Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933
    Joseph Goebbels

    Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Reich chancellor

    Berlin, Germany
    Monday Jan 30, 1933

    Support for the party continued to grow, but neither of these elections led to a majority government. In an effort to stabilize the country and improve economic conditions, Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Reich chancellor on 30 January 1933. Goebbels was disappointed not to be given a post in Hitler's new cabinet. Bernhard Rust was appointed as Minister of Culture, the post that Goebbels was expecting to receive. Like other NSDAP officials, Goebbels had to deal with Hitler's leadership style of giving contradictory orders to his subordinates, while placing them into positions where their duties and responsibilities overlapped.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday Jan 30, 1933
    Winston Churchill

    Obsession

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday Jan 30, 1933

    After Hitler came to power on 30 January 1933, Churchill was quick to recognize the menace to the civilization of such a regime and expressed alarm that the British government had reduced air force spending and warned that Germany would soon overtake Britain in air force production.


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