1930

The 1930s worldwide were marked by an economic crisis that left not one person unscathed. In Germany, the government found itself unstable after the transition from an Empire to the short-lived Weimar Republic and unable to pay war debts demanded in the Versailles Peace Treaty. Nearly 6 million Germans lost their jobs and the country was descending into a political crisis.

The stagnant rise of the German National Socialist Workers' Party or more commonly known as the Nazi Party skyrocketed in the midst of the economic crisis. The party taking advantage of the situation at hand to condemn the government. By 1930, the party gained 6.4 million votes during the election. 

1933

Unable to bring on a recovery, Chancellors appointed by President Hindenburg himself kept resigning. Hindenburg and his respective counterparts in the conservative powers saw their powers slipping and in an unprecedented move, in January 1933, appointed Hitler as Chancellor under the belief that under power of responsibility he would moderate his views. 

Then the fire in the Reichstag changed everything. Both the German government and people alike had seen Chancellors come and go, believing this era to be brief and indifferent. The Reichstag fire marked a key development on the road to dictatorship. 

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On February 28th, a day later, Hindenburg invoked Article 48 -- The Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People. The act abolished freedom of speech, assembly, privacy and the press. The same night around 4000 were arrested, imprisoned and tortured by the SA. Upon the March 5th election many of the elected Communist deputies were detained indefintely, leaving the Nazi party freedom to do as they wished. 

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1929-32.
WORLDWIDE SLUMP HITS GERMANY HARD.
PRUSSIAN LANDOWNERS ANGLE FOR GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
ATTEMPTS SO FAR UNSUCCESSFUL
     - The Great Depression continues to hit Germany hard. Millions are out of work and are looking more at two completely opposite ends of the political spectrum to save them. 

FALL, 1932.
NAZI PARTY FACES FINANCIAL RUIN AND DISINTEGRATION.
HITLER DESPERATE TO SEIZE POWER.
HINDENBURG REFUSES TO SEE HIM
     - Shifts in power are still occurring, Chancellor after Chancellor, they are unable to find resolution to the economic crisis at hand. In the November election, the Nazi party loses votes and seats in the Reichstag.  drop elements.