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Timeline

(1952)

May 1933

May

01
- The Day of National LabourOn 1 May 1933 the Nazis turned the workers’ holiday into a state Day of National Labour. At Tempelhof Hitler addressed a crowd estimated at over a million.
02
- The abolition of the trade unions in GermanyOn 2 May 1933 the SA, SS and Nazi factory cells seized the offices of the free trade unions and arrested their leaders. The unions were absorbed by the DAF.
15
- The founding of the LuftwaffeOn 15 May 1933 the military air staffs passed to Göring’s ministry. The day is seen as the birth of the Luftwaffe, which Hitler revealed to the world in 1935.
31
- The Tanggu TruceOn 31 May 1933 China and Japan signed a truce at Tanggu. Chinese troops left the zone between the Great Wall and Beijing, and Japan kept Rehe.