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The ideology of National Socialism was the superiority of the German race, anti-semitism, anti-communism, the survival of the fittest and the cult of the leader had already taken shape.

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The NSDAP was founded in the year 1919 by Anton Drexler under the name of DAP (German Worker's Party), however it did not take too long for Hitler to come to power.

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In 1919 architect Walter Gropius became the founder and first director of the Bauhaus school of design in Weimar, the most important institution in Germany for the expression of Modernism’s aesthetic and cultural vision.

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Hitler returned to Munich and served in the army in an 'enlightenment project' to investigate new political groups.

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In Bavaria a Communist revolt created the short lived Bavarian Socialist Republic on 6 April 1919. It was suppressed by the Army and the Freikorps the following month.

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After the war, Hitler  was employed as "education officer" (spy) by Bavarian army's political section, on the fascist side, and on September 12th, 1919, he decided to be part of Drexler's party as he was interested by its philosophy.

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Hitler becomes a DAP committee member.

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Anton Drexler draws up 25 point program, reconciling nationalism and Socialism. The party name changed to the NSDAP and his speeches built membership

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By April of 1920, Hitler had left the army to become a full-time political agitator. AH gave the party the new name of the National Socialist German Worker's Party and their new logo being the Swastika.

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The Völkischer Beobachter (people's observer) was established as the NAZI newspaper

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In July, AH became Drexler's chairman.

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SA (originaly the sports and gymnastics division) is formed

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The new policy was to turn east for a new friendship with the communist Soviet Union In 1922, they signed the Treaty of Rapallo. The Soviets for the first time were recognized; it opened the way for large scale trade. Moscow secretly allowed Germany to train soldiers and airmen in exchange for giving Russia military technology

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Mussolini seizes power through 'March on Rome'

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"In 1923, Germany hit rock bottom. Germany was behind in payments for reparations for World War I—and, in retaliation, French and Belgians had invaded rural parts of the country. There were strikes and sometimes those strikes led to violent responses by German troops. Worst of all, there was hyperinflation caused by the government printing money to make up for lost wages and a sinking economy. It took trillions of marks to equal the value of a single dollar. With the mark nearly worthless, farmers refused to sell their crops, causing food riots and hunger strikes. In short, the country was a mess." -famous-trials.com

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Occupation of the Ruhr by the French and Belgian after Germany was unable to pay the 123 billion gold marks set as reparations by the treaty of Versailles

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"By mid-1923 the German mark was losing value by the minute: a loaf of bread that cost 20,000 marks in the morning would cost 5,000,000 marks by nightfall; restaurant prices went up while customers were eating; and workers were paid twice a day. When economic collapse finally came on November 15, it took 4.2 trillion German marks to buy a single American dollar." -Britannica

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"The social and political cost of the hyperinflation was high. Scholars note that the inflation did more to undermine the middle classes than the ostensibly socialist revolution of 1918. A lifetime of savings would no longer buy a subway ticket. Pensions planned for a lifetime were wiped out completely. Politically, the hyperinflation fueled radicalism on both the left and the right. " -Britannica

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Stresemann becomes Chancellor and introduces the rentenmark ending the economic crisis.

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November 8th 1923 (Munich Beerhall Putsch)

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November 8th 1923 (Munich Beerhall Putsch)

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Nazis interrupted a political meeting in the Munich Beerhall. Hitler and General Erich Ludendorff lead 2000 armed Nazis through Munich. They were arrested and put in prison we\here Hitler served 9 months.

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Nazi agents interrupted a political meeting in a Munich beer cellar. Under duress, three right-wing Bavarian leaders, Gustav von Kahr, Otto von Lossow and Hans Ritter von Siesser, were persuaded to agree to Hitlers plan to march on Berlin and establish a new government. The plan was exposed and the plan was stopped by police on November 9th. Hitler escaped but was found and arrested on November 11th.

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55,000 nazi party members

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The Retenmark converted to the Reichsmark (RM) backed by gold

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The trial opened on February 26, 1924 in a makeshift courtroom on the second floor of the Reichswehr Infantry School. The courtroom included 120 seats, half of which were assigned to the press. Hitler sat at a small table with General Ludendorff. The presiding judge was Georg Neithardt, a right-leaning judge Over the course of the trial, Niehardt was very deferential to Hitler, allowing him to give long speeches, question witnesses, and (often) interrupt testimony with interjections. The judge’s deference will allow Hitler’s popularity to grow over the 24 days of the testimony and argument. His trial was widely publicized and he gained popularity as his defense papers were publicized in the newspaper.

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Hitler is imprisoned in Landsberg fortress and writes Mein Kampf (he is released in early December)

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AH told the prison psychologist, “I’ve had enough. I’m finished. f I had a revolver, I would take it.” He refused to cooperate with investigators and went on over a week-long hunger strike. During his imprisonment he also wrote his semi-autobiography Mein Kampf.

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On the 24th of December, 1924, Hitler was released from prison after serving 9 months.

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Hitler makes his first public appearance after being released from jail.

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Adolf Hitler calls for a new beginning and changes the NSDAP from a revolutionary group to a political group.

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Hindenburg who represented the broader political right wins the presidential election, receiving 14.7 million votes (48%. The candidate representing the center left, Wilhelm Marx receives 13.7 million votes (45.3%) and the candidate representing the far left Ernest Thalmann receives 1.9 million votes (6.4%)

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Adolf Hitler orders the formation of the SS, an elite bodyguard unit within the SA.

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Adolf Hitler published his famous book "Mein Kampf", (my struggle). His main ideas were to expel communism blaming it on the jews for causing it and to obtain living space.

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Organizers and accomplices in the Kapp Putsch coup are granted amnesty by the German government, the ban on NDSAP political activities is lifted

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The “Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous, or Other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare” ["Geneva Protocol"] was issued in 1925, and was accepted as policy by all major countries.

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Lorcarno confrence

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The SS (Hitler's personal bodyguards) and the SA are reorganized after the failed coup.

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The economy improved but the rate of growth was erratic.

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GS awarded a Nobel peace prize for his diplomatic work

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Hitler convenes the Bamberg conference.

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April 1926, Stresemann signs the Treaty of Berlin with the USSR. It contains both public and private clauses. GS uses this to put mild pressure on the west to improve its relations with Germany through fear of Germany moving closer to the USSR

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Economy downturns and unemployment grows but the economy then recovered.

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An organisation/division which focused on integrating universities and academic life within the framework of Nazi values

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ShutzStaffel (SS) formed in 1925-1926 as Hitler's personal bodyguard and the SA was refounded and given the brown uniforms.

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Joseph Goebells was appointed regional leader of Berlin's Nazi division

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Hitlers ban from public speaking was lifted, allowing him to once again resume campaigning for the NSDAP

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The Bavarian government lifts an order banning Hitler from giving public speeches. Later in May, he addresses 5,000 people in Berlin.

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Nuremburg rally held despite still having a speaking ban in most areas of Germany.

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NDSAP "day of awakening" is celebrated in Nuremberg, the celebrations displayed the growing strength of the Nazi movement.

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"Germany is dancing on a volcano. If the short term credits are called in, a large section of our economy would collapse"
-Stresemann

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The broader political left swept the 1928 elections with the center left SPD winning 9.1 million votes (30%), the far left KPD which one 9 extra seats and 3.2 million votes (10%). The center right DNVP won 4.3 million votes (14.2%) and the NSDAP won just 800 thousand votes (2.37%) and held 12 seats out of 491. The elections resulted in a center left coalition government.

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The German state of Prussia lifts the speaking ban on Hitler

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Hitler makes a speech at the Berlin Sportpalast, the largest venue in Germany.

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Massive boost in economy, the country developed its technologies and culture by a lot. Germany became the Euro-centric nation of art, architecture, theatre, etc..

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Heinrich Himmler is appointed head of the SS, he transforms the division into a powerful and disciplined organization.

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The NSDAP celebrates "Party day of composure" in Nuremberg, the celebrations displayed the party's discipline and order.

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The Liberty law campaign is launched. The NSDAP joins a coalition of conservative groups under DNVP leadership to oppose the Young plan

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The liberty campaign referendum is defeated in the Reichstag, the NSDAP and DNVP harshly criticize Hindenburg and his leadership.

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As part of the Young Plan the Allies leave Germany. October 1929, Zone 2 is evacuated in June 1930

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The nazi party grew to 178,000.

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1929 Wall Street crash inciting the Great Depression. Us withdraws all loans causing a collapse in Germany’s economy due to the over-dependence on the US’s money.

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Brüning made chancellor by Hindernburg

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Brüning was forced to resign after his proposal for land reform upset the Junkers (agrarian elite) and Hindenburg himself.

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French troops leave the Rhineland ahead of schedule

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Hindenburg dissolves the Reichstag and begins to issue Brüning’s policies as emergency decrees.

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Nazis obtained 107 seats in the Reichstag election.

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Nazis became the 2nd largest party with 18.3 percent of the vote in the elections of September 1930.

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NSDAP and DNVP members walk out of Reichstag in protest against changes in the parliament's protocol intended to limit heckling

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Four million unemployed in Germany

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Austria’s largest bank collapses and declares bankruptcy. The flow-on effects lead to a banking crisis in Germany.

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The Hoover Moratorium. US president Herbert Hoover suspends the payment of all war debts, including reparations, for a period of one year.

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A banking crisis erupts when the Danat Bank, one of the three largest banks, fails to open. This prompts a run on the banks.

By 1931 Danatbank had become the second largest bank in Germany, when it suffered a run which started around 17 June due to rumours of the insolvency of the Norddeutsche Wollkämmerei & Kammgarnspinnerei (North German Wool and Worsted Yarn Spinning Works), finally going bankrupt on 13 July 1931. It was thus one of the most prominent victims of Deflation in Germany during the Great Depression.

The collapse of Danatbank triggered a loss of confidence in the German banking system, and loosed a wave of withdrawals from all other banks beginning the German Banking Crisis. In reaction, the government announced a Bank Holiday starting on 13 July, imposed further capital controls and forced the merger of Danatbank with Dresdner Bank

By 1931 Danatbank had become the second largest bank in Germany, when it suffered a run which started around 17 June due to rumours of the insolvency of the Norddeutsche Wollkämmerei & Kammgarnspinnerei (North German Wool and Worsted Yarn Spinning Works), finally going bankrupt on 13 July 1931. It was thus one of the most prominent victims of Deflation in Germany during the Great Depression.

The collapse of Danatbank triggered a loss of confidence in the German banking system, and loosed a wave of withdrawals from all other banks beginning the German Banking Crisis. In reaction, the government announced a Bank Holiday starting on 13 July, imposed further capital controls and forced the merger of Danatbank with Dresdner Bank

By 1931 Danatbank had become the second largest bank in Germany, when it suffered a run which started around 17 June due to rumours of the insolvency of the Norddeutsche Wollkämmerei & Kammgarnspinnerei (North German Wool and Worsted Yarn Spinning Works), finally going bankrupt on 13 July 1931. It was thus one of the most prominent victims of Deflation in Germany during the Great Depression.

The collapse of Danatbank triggered a loss of confidence in the German banking system, and loosed a wave of withdrawals from all other banks beginning the German Banking Crisis. In reaction, the government announced a Bank Holiday starting on 13 July, imposed further capital controls and forced the merger of Danatbank with Dresdner Bank

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Hitler officially becomes a German citizen, having previously been considered a ‘stateless person’.

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"The appeal to stand for re-election came to me not from a party but from the broad masses of people", Hindenburg said. "Therefore, I recognize it as my duty to stand."

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Paul von Hindenburg is re-elected as German president, defeating Adolf Hitler by a small margin.

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The SA wearing white shirts after the brown uniforms were banned.

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Brüning bans the SA

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Brüning dismissed by Hindernburg, Bruning’s 26 months in office makes him the longest serving of all Weimar chancellors.

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Von Papen made chancellor by Hindenburg

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Papen lifts a ban on the Sturmabteilung (SA, or ‘Brownshirts’), the NSDAP’s thuggish paramilitary branch.