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Events relating to germany
Gustav Krupp and his son Alfried, Germany’s main manufacturers of armaments, join the Nazi party
Adolf Hitler passes a law forcing the 'retirement' of all Jews working in the civil service, schools and universities
The new Nazi government closes down Germany's distinguished school of modern art and architecture, the Bauhaus
The Nazi government dismisses Konrad Adenauer from all his appointments, included that of Lord Mayor of Cologne
Arabella, by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, is first performed four years after von Hofmannsthal's death left it incomplete
Germany becomes a one-party state, with only the Nazis allowed to engage in political activity
Thomas Mann leaves Germany and moves to Switzerland, where he engages in a steady polemic against the Nazis
Adolf Hitler, the new German chancellor, pulls Germany out of the League of Nations and its disarmament conference
Adolf Hitler wins massive referendum support for his withdrawal of Germany from the Disarmament Conference and the League of Nations
Fritz Lang's film The Testament of Dr Mabuse is banned in Germany because of implicit criticism of Nazi thugs
Arnold Schoenberg leaves his teaching post in Germany, now under Nazi control, and in 1934 settles in Los Angeles
Nazi architect Albert Speer designs a spectacular new setting for the party's annual Nuremberg rally
German photographer Leni Riefenstahl glorifies Hitler and the Nuremberg rally in her film Triumph of the Will
Erich Korngold, one of Austria's most admired composers, moves to Hollywood
Adolf Hitler visits his SA commander, Ernst Roehm, in his hotel before having him shot
Multiple murders are carried out on Hitler's orders during the Night of the Long Knives
In addition to the SS, Heinrich Himmler is given command of the state secret police, or Gestapo
Paul von Hindenburg dies, enabling Adolf Hitler to combine the roles of president, chancellor and supreme commander of the German armed forces
USSR joins the League of Nations, after Germany leaves the organization
In a referendum 38 million German voters say yes to Adolf Hitler becoming Führer, Germany's supreme leader
Hitler tells the party faithful in a Nuremberg rally that their new third Reich will last for 1000 years
Paul Hindemith's opera Mathis der Maler is banned by the Nazis and is not performed until 1938 in Zurich
Openly hostile to the Nazis, the architect Walter Gropius moves to England and three years later makes the USA his home
Adolf Hitler informs Britain and France that he is building up the German armed forces, in contravention of the Versailles treaty
The German composer Kurt Weill moves to New York, where he writes Broadway musicals
