apr 24, 1933 - 1933- 1934
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January 30: Schleicher is outmaneuvered by Papen, who persuades Hindenburg than Hitler can be controlled; the latter is made chancellor, with Papen vice-chancellor.
February 6: Hitler introduces censorship.
February 27: With elections looming, the Reichstag is set on fire by a communist.
February 28: Citing the attack on the Reichstag as evidence of a mass communist movement, Hitler passes a law ending civil liberties in Germany.
March 5: The NSDAP, riding on the communist scare and aided by a now tame police force boosted by masses of SA, polls at 43.9 percent.4 The Nazis ban the communists.
March 21: During the "Day of Potsdam," the Nazis open the Reichstag in a carefully stage-managed act which tries to show them as heirs of the Kaiser.
March 24: Hitler passes the Enabling Act; it makes him a dictator for four years.
July 14: With other parties banned or splitting up, the NSDAP becomes the only political party left in Germany.
1934
June 30: During the "Night of the Long Knives," dozens are killed as Hitler shatters the power of the SA, which had been challenging his goals. SA leader Ernst Röhm is executed after trying to merge his force with the army.
July 3: Papen resigns.
August 2: Hindenburg dies. Hitler merges the posts of chancellor and president, becoming the supreme leader of Nazi Germany.
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