One-party elections in Germany
The Nazi Party receives 92% of votes after all other political parties are banned.
Germany quits League of Nations
The Nazis intend to pull out of the League of Nations as a step towards removing international limitations on German rearmament.
Law requires forced sterilization of disabled Germans
The “Law for the Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases” requires the sterilization of German citizens with presumed inherited illnesses such as “feeblemindedness,” schizophrenia, manic depression, epilepsy, blindness or deafness, or other serious conditions. Between 200,000 and 350,000 individuals are sterilized between 1933-1945.
Nazis burn books by Jewish authors and political opponents
In April 1933 Nazi student organizations across Germany initiate a campaign against the "un-German" spirit, which culminates in public burning of Jewish-authored and other books deemed subversive or degenerate by the Nazis. These public bonfires are intended to intimidate and suppress free speech. Across the United States, Americans protested the book burnings and the persecution of Jews in Germany with anti-Nazi rallies and marches. Over 100,000 people attended one such rally in New York City on May 10.
Passage of "Admission to the Legal Profession" and "Reestablishment of Professional Civil Service" laws
These two laws forbid the admission of Jews to the to the legal profession, remove Jews from civil service jobs, and eject Jewish teachers from public schools.