| A | B |
| Hermann Muller | Chancellor 1928-1930 |
| Heinrich Bruning | Chancellor 1930-1932 |
| September 1930 | The Nazis made their electoral breakthrough |
| April 1932 | SA banned to cut street violence |
| Presidential elections | March-April 1932 |
| 'Anything but Hitler' | SPD slogan from 1930 |
| Heinrich Bruning | The 'Hunger Chancellor' |
| Franz Von Papen | Lifted the ban on the SA in June 1932 |
| July 1932 | Nazis win 230 seats and become the largest party in the Reichstag |
| Ernst Thalmann | KPD leader |
| Alfred Hugenberg | DNVP leader |
| February 1932 | Hitler becomes a German citizen |
| Kurt von Schleicher | Chancellor from Dec ember 1932-January 1933 |
| General Werner von Blomberg | Defence Minister from 1933 |
| January 30, 1933 | Hitler appointed Chancellor |
| Gregor Strasser | led the left-wing of the Nazi Party |
| Franz von Papen | Vice-Chancellor from January 1933 |
| August 1934 | Death of President Hindenburg |
| February 27, 1933 | Reichstag Fire |
| Dachau | First concentration camp |
| Used to issue emergency decrees | Article 48 |
| Walther Stennes | Leader of the SA in Berlin |
| March 23, 1933 | Enabling Act passed by the Reichstag |
| Young Plan, 1929 | Reduced reparations payments |
| Hoover Moratorium, July 1931 | suspended reparations |
| Lausanne Conference, June 1932 | abolished reparations |
| Otto Meissner | Hindenburg's State Secretary |
| Oskar Hindenburg | the President's son |
| Wall Street Crash | October 1929 |
| Joseph Goebbels | Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda |