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1928 20 May Reichstag Elections: Nazis win 12 seats.
29 June Grand Coalition formed. SPD re-enter government.
27 August Kellogg-Brand Pact outlaws war.
1929 3 October Death of Stressemann.
29 October Crash on Wall Street Stock Exchange.
1930 12 March Reichstag accepts Young Plan on reparations.
29 March Bruning appointed Chancellor following the
resignation of Muller as head of Weimar’s last
majority government.
14 September Reichstag Elections: significant Nazi gains. They
become the second largest party with 107 seats.
1931 6 July Moratorium (suspension) on reparations.
1932 10 April Hindenburg re-elected President after a second ballot.
Hitler takes second place.
30 May Von Papen appointed Chancellor.
27 July Von Papen suspends Prussian government and
introduces direct rule in Germany’s largest state.
31 July Reichstag Elections: Nazis become the largest party
with 230 deputies.
6 Nov Reichstag Elections: significant Nazi losses. They
remain the largest party with 196 deputies.
3 Dec Schleicher succeeds von Papen as Chancellor.
30 Dec. Official unemployment figure of 4,380,000.
1933 30 January Hitler appointed Chancellor in a coalition cabinet.
27 February Reichstag fire.
28 February Presidential decree suspends civil liberties.
5 March Last Reichstag Elections. The Nazis win 288 seats
out of 647 seats.
13 March Goebbels becomes Minister for Propaganda.
23 March Enabling Act passed which effectively ended
parliamentary government in Germany.
History: Germany: Versailles to the Outbreak of World War II - 1918-1939 (AH) 7