March 1933

March

• 04

  • Roosevelt's inauguration and the New DealOn 4 March 1933 Roosevelt took office as US president, saying that the only thing to fear was fear itself. The Hundred Days of the New Deal began.
• 20

  • The Dachau concentration campOn 20 March 1933 Himmler announced a concentration camp near Dachau. Two days later the first prisoners arrived, and the camp became the SS model.
• 23

  • Key eventThe Enabling ActOn 23 March 1933 the Reichstag voted 444 to 94 to let Hitler’s government pass laws bypassing parliament and the constitution. Only the SPD opposed it.
• 24

  • “Judea Declares War on Germany”On 24 March 1933 the Daily Express announced on its front page that “Judea Declares War on Germany”. The boycott headline became fuel for Nazi propaganda.
• 25

  • The anti-Nazi boycottIn spring 1933 Jews in the US, Britain and Poland began boycotting German goods. On 25 March Göring demanded that German Jews put a stop to it.
• 27

  • Japan leaves the League of NationsOn 27 March 1933 Japan gave notice that it was leaving the League of Nations, in retaliation for the adoption of a report that refused to recognise Manchukuo.