1933
Studies show that more than one-fourth of urban U.S. blacks are now on relief. New Deal programs aid housing and education of blacks, but traditional segregation policies are still generally followed. One exception is the Civilian Conservation Corps camps in New England and the Pacific states, which are integrated.
1933
Early in 1933, Hitler tells Hermann Rauschning that "One is either a German or a Christian. You cannot be both." (Rauschning)
1933
More than 50,000 Jews demonstrate against the Nazis in London's
Hyde Park -- calling for war aginst Germany. (1933, History Year by
Year, History Channel)
1933
Rudolf von Sebottendorff returns to Munich to revive the Thule
Society in the Third Reich. He quickly falls into disfavor with the Nazi
authorities because of his claims as a precursor of National Socialism. (Roots)
1933
Otto Rahn publishes Crusade Against the Grail. Himmler
greatly admires the book, and it soon becomes required SS reading.
1933
Roosevelt appoints Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., to the Industrial
Advisory Board as liaison officer with the National Recovery Administration.
1933
Jorg Lanz von Liebenfels leaves Hungary and relocates to
Switzerland where he issues a newseries of his writings from Lucerne. In Germany
Lanz's works are printed at Barth near the Darss peninsula and distributed from
the nearby Hertesburg under Georg Hauerstein's auspices until 1935. (Roots)
1933
Joseph Goebbels is appointed as minister of propaganda for the Nazi party.
1933
Norwegian fascist leader Vidkun Quisling founds the National Unity party.
1933
The Public Works Administration (PWA) is formed to fund public construction projects.
1933
Of the 38 Germans who had won Nobel Prizes prior to 1933, eleven were German Jews.
1933
The Ahnenerbe, the Society for the Study of Ancestral Heritages, is privately founded by Frederick Hielscher, a mystic and friend of Swedish explorer Sven Hedin, who himself was closely associated with Karl Haushofer. (Pauwels)
1933 January
Heinrich Himmler, while traveling in Westphalia, is inspired, probably by Weisthor (Wiligut), to begin thinking about acquiring a historic castle in Westphalia for use by the SS as a spitiual center. (Hüser)
1933 January 1
Hypnotist Erik Hanussen, predicts Hitler will come to power on January 30, 1933. (Waite)
1933 January 3
Erik Hanussen's prediction of Hitler's appointment as Chancellor by the end of the month is widely ridiculed by Hitler's enemies and the German press. (Waite)
1933 January 4
Hitler holds a secret meeting with Franz von Papen and his staff.
1933 January 23
Molotov makes a speech announcing ratification of nonaggression pacts with all of Russia's neighbors except Romania.
1933 January 28
General von Schleicher resigns as Chancellor of Germany.
1933 January 30
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor by President Hindenberg. Franz von Papen becomes Vice-Chancellor. Only three of the eleven posts in the cabinet are held by National Socialists.
1933 January 30 Juedische Jugendhilfe (Jewish Youth Help), the agency overseeing Youth Aliya (immigration to Palestine), is founded.
1933 January 30
Brownshirts (SA) and Communists violently clash in the streets throughout Germany. The SA celebrates Hitler's accession to power with a torchlight parade through Berlin.
1933 January 31
Eamon De Valera wins in Irish Free State Elections.
1933 February
Albert Einstein, lecturing in California at the time
of Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, decides to take up residence in America.
From this time until his death in 1955, he will hold an analogous research
position at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. (Grolier)
1933 February
Major Dwight Eisenhower serves as chief military aide to General Douglas MacArthur, Army chief of staff, until September 1935.
