aug 2, 1934 - Hitler Takes Power in Germany

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Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany in September 1919 when Hitler joined the political party known as the German Workers Party. It was anti-Marxist and opposed to the democratic post-war government of the Weimar Republic and the Treaty of Versailles. It advocated extreme nationalism and Pan-Germanism as well as virulent anti-Semitism. President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933.

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