30 January 1933
Adolf Hitler is appointed Reich chancellor. The National Socialists immediately begin transforming the state into an authoritarian regime. Political opponents and Jewish people are arrested and attacked.
1 April 1933
The Nazi Party organises a nationwide boycott of shops owned by Jewish proprietors. Party members position themselves in front of the shops and harass or attack owners and customers.
7 April 1933
With the Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums (Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service), Jewish civil servants are removed from public service.
26 May 1933
The Gesetz über die EinziehungIn the context of the Reich’s financial administration, “Verfall” (forfeiture) and “Einziehung” (seizure) referred to the retention of confiscated items for the benefit of the state. More kommunistischen Vermögens (Law on the ConfiscationBy confiscating assets, government officials initially deprived owners of the authority to dispose of their bank accounts, household furnishings, securities, etc., which were placed under state administration. More of Communist Property) allows the Nazi state to seize the assets of communist organisations and their members.
14 July 1933
The Gesetz über die EinziehungIn the context of the Reich’s financial administration, “Verfall” (forfeiture) and “Einziehung” (seizure) referred to the retention of confiscated items for the benefit of the state. More volks- und staatsfeindlichen(enemies of the Reich/enemies of the people/enemies of the state) "Reichsfeind" was the National Socialist term for persons whose religion, origin, or political convictions did not conform to the regime’s guidelines. More Vermögens (Law on the ConfiscationBy confiscating assets, government officials initially deprived owners of the authority to dispose of their bank accounts, household furnishings, securities, etc., which were placed under state administration. More of Assets Hostile to People and State) and the Gesetz über den Widerruf von Einbürgerungen und die Aberkennung der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit (Law on the Revocation of Naturalisations and the Deprivation of German Citizenship) are passed on the same day
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August 1933
The Finanzamt Moabit-West (Moabit‑West Tax Office) becomes responsible nationwide for the “Verwertung“Verwertung” (liquidation) refers to all measures taken by the Reich financial administration to transfer stolen assets to the state treasury and, if necessary, convert material goods into cash. More” (liquidation) of forfeited assets belonging to those persecuted through denaturalisation.
23 August 1933
The first denaturalisation list is published in the Reichsanzeiger(Reich Gazette) Official press organ of the German Reich, published between November 1918 and April 1945. More. Among those denaturalised are primarily writers and political functionaries. Their property is confiscatedBy confiscating assets, government officials initially deprived owners of the authority to dispose of their bank accounts, household furnishings, securities, etc., which were placed under state administration. More.
First denaturalisation list in the Reichsanzeiger(Reich Gazette) Official press organ of the German Reich, published between November 1918 and April 1945. More, 25 August 1933. Deutscher Reichsanzeiger(Reich Gazette) Official press organ of the German Reich, published between November 1918 and April 1945. More und Preußischer Staatsanzeiger(Reich Gazette) Official press organ of the German Reich, published between November 1918 and April 1945. More 1933, no. 198, p. 1
22 September 1933
The Reich Chamber of Culture is founded. It becomes the umbrella organisation for all those working in the cultural sector and is divided into seven individual chambers (e.g. the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts). Membership is compulsory. Jewish artists, art dealers, and experts are gradually excluded. Exclusion from the chamber effectively amounts to a professional ban.