A Timeline of Human Rights
(Under Construction)
January 30,
1933
Hitler seizes power in Germany
Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Europe, Tyranny
It is on this date that Hitler is appointed Chancellor. He consolidates power over the next month, and is finally granted full dictatorial authority in the Enabling Act of March 4, 1933. The first anti-Jewish action is the boycott of business that began on April 1, 1933.