Adolf Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany
January 30, 1933 · 20th Century
On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor following negotiations involving former chancellor Franz von Papen, industrialists, and Hindenburg's son Oskar. The Nazi Party had won 33% of votes in November 1932 — more than any other party but far short of a majority. Hindenburg and Papen believed they could control Hitler by limiting Nazi cabinet seats to three. Within months, Hitler dismantled democratic institutions and consolidated total power.
Key Figures
Adolf HitlerPaul von HindenburgFranz von PapenKurt von Schleicher
Locations
BerlinWilhelmstrasseReich Chancellery
Topics
great depressionadolf hitlerholocaustnazi germanyweimar republic
Connected Events — 3 Connections
Hitler's appointment as Chancellor provided the constitutional authority and governmental apparatus necessary to enact the Nuremberg Laws two years later, transforming anti-Semitic ideology into systematic legal persecution The Nuremberg Race Laws are Passed
Hitler's rise to power enabled the ideological and political framework that made Lebensraum in the East Nazi Germany's primary strategic goal, with Operation Barbarossa as the culmination of his anti-Bolshevik, anti-Slavic worldview established in the 1930s Operation Barbarossa Begins
Versailles reparations and territorial losses created the economic distress and nationalist resentment that Hitler exploited to gain power Treaty of Versailles
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