Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
Tag: 1933
27 May 1933
The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_the_Big_Bad_Wolf%3F’]
16 February 1933
The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States. The Blaine Act, formally titled Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-First Amendment to the United States Constitution,…
23 March 1933
The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933. This makes Adolf Hitler the dictator of Germany. The Enabling Act was passed on March 23rd 1933….
30 January 1933
Adolf Hitler is sworn in as the Chancellor of Germany. On this day in 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or fÜhrer…
7 August 1933
The Iraqi government kills over 3000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. The Simmele Massacre of Assyrians occurred between August 7 and August 11, 1933,…
14 July 1933
The Nazi eugenics begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring that calls for the compulsory sterilization of any…