Date: April 17, 2030
Occasion: National Address Following USE Operation in the United States
PRESIDENT METSOLA:
My fellow Europeans. Citizens of the United States of Europe. Allies and friends around the world.
Last night, we made a decision
Date: April 17, 2030
Occasion: National Address Following USE Operation in the United States
PRESIDENT METSOLA:
My fellow Europeans. Citizens of the United States of Europe. Allies and friends around the world.
Last night, we made a decision
Army Chief Werner von Fritsch issues detailed orders for the Rhineland operation to the units involved.
Orders anticipate holding positions (not just symbolic entry), signaling a higher-stakes test of foreign resolve.
Army Chief Werner von Fritsch issues detailed orders for the Rhineland operation to the units involved.
Orders anticipate holding positions (not just symbolic entry), signaling a higher-stakes test of foreign resolve.
Hitler continues consultations with military leaders on the Rhineland move.
Diplomatic signals are monitored for signs of French or British resolve.
Decision hardens: action will proceed unless clear resistance appears.
Regime balances secrecy with propaganda readiness.
Hitler continues consultations with military leaders on the Rhineland move.
Diplomatic signals are monitored for signs of French or British resolve.
Decision hardens: action will proceed unless clear resistance appears.
Regime balances secrecy with propaganda readiness.
Hitler decides to remilitarize the Rhineland, shifting from planning to execution.
In Leipzig, the International Spring Fair opens—trade normality staged as the regime readies a major treaty breach.
Hitler decides to remilitarize the Rhineland, shifting from planning to execution.
In Leipzig, the International Spring Fair opens—trade normality staged as the regime readies a major treaty breach.
Nuremberg Laws are proclaimed at the Nazi Party Rally.
Jews stripped of German citizenship.
“Aryan–Jewish” marriages and sexual relations banned.
Racism becomes formal state law; exclusion is legalized, not just practiced.
Nuremberg Laws are proclaimed at the Nazi Party Rally.
Jews stripped of German citizenship.
“Aryan–Jewish” marriages and sexual relations banned.
Racism becomes formal state law; exclusion is legalized, not just practiced.
Hitler reintroduces compulsory military service.
Wehrmacht expanded to 36 divisions.
Open violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
Britain and France protest but do not act.
First explicit step toward large-scale rearmament and war.
Hitler reintroduces compulsory military service.
Wehrmacht expanded to 36 divisions.
Open violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
Britain and France protest but do not act.
First explicit step toward large-scale rearmament and war.
Saar plebiscite held under League of Nations supervision.
Over 90% vote to rejoin Germany.
Major propaganda victory for Hitler, framed as peaceful national reunification.
Boosts regime legitimacy at home and weakens foreign resistance to future moves.
Saar plebiscite held under League of Nations supervision.
Over 90% vote to rejoin Germany.
Major propaganda victory for Hitler, framed as peaceful national reunification.
Boosts regime legitimacy at home and weakens foreign resistance to future moves.
On 30 Jan 1934:
The Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches is enacted.
State parliaments are abolished; Länder lose sovereignty.
Federalism ends; all power flows directly from Nazi control.
On 30 Jan 1934:
The Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches is enacted.
State parliaments are abolished; Länder lose sovereignty.
Federalism ends; all power flows directly from Nazi control.
Dochter uit Elysion
Wij betreden vurigdronken
Hemelse uw heiligdom
Toverdraden zullen binden
Wat de conventie had gekliefd
Geuzen worden prinsenvrinden
Waar je brede vleugel wiegt
Dochter uit Elysion
Wij betreden vurigdronken
Hemelse uw heiligdom
Toverdraden zullen binden
Wat de conventie had gekliefd
Geuzen worden prinsenvrinden
Waar je brede vleugel wiegt
Sterilization Law (Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses, passed 14 Jul 1933) enters into force.
Hereditary Health Courts begin ordering compulsory sterilizations.
Medicine becomes an enforcement arm: reporting, rulings, and coercion legalized.
Sterilization Law (Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses, passed 14 Jul 1933) enters into force.
Hereditary Health Courts begin ordering compulsory sterilizations.
Medicine becomes an enforcement arm: reporting, rulings, and coercion legalized.
1: Law to Secure the Unity of Party and State makes the NSDAP a public-law body “inseparable” from the state—party structures fused into government.
Deputy Führer and SA chief are placed inside the Reich government, formalizing party/paramilitary influence over state authority.
1: Law to Secure the Unity of Party and State makes the NSDAP a public-law body “inseparable” from the state—party structures fused into government.
Deputy Führer and SA chief are placed inside the Reich government, formalizing party/paramilitary influence over state authority.
12: Reichstag “election” becomes a one-list plebiscite; voters approve Nazis en bloc.
Referendum backs leaving the League of Nations, framing isolation as “sovereignty.”
24: “Dangerous Habitual Criminals” law enables indefinite detention, widening who can be caged.
12: Reichstag “election” becomes a one-list plebiscite; voters approve Nazis en bloc.
Referendum backs leaving the League of Nations, framing isolation as “sovereignty.”
24: “Dangerous Habitual Criminals” law enables indefinite detention, widening who can be caged.
4 Oct: Editors’ Law (Schriftleitergesetz) takes effect.
Journalists must prove political and racial reliability.
Jews and critics barred from the press.
Media becomes a licensed arm of the state, ending independent journalism.
4 Oct: Editors’ Law (Schriftleitergesetz) takes effect.
Journalists must prove political and racial reliability.
Jews and critics barred from the press.
Media becomes a licensed arm of the state, ending independent journalism.
Reich Culture Chamber completed; independent culture effectively ends.
21 Sept: Reichstag Fire Trial opens, used to brand opposition as traitors rather than seek truth.
22 Sept: Jews formally excluded from cultural professions by decree.
Reich Culture Chamber completed; independent culture effectively ends.
21 Sept: Reichstag Fire Trial opens, used to brand opposition as traitors rather than seek truth.
22 Sept: Jews formally excluded from cultural professions by decree.
Gleichschaltung keeps tightening: remaining independent clubs, churches, and local administrations are pressured into Nazi “coordination.”
25 Aug: Haavara Agreement signed—state-managed channel for Jewish emigration while accelerating exclusion at home.
30 Aug: Nuremberg rally
Gleichschaltung keeps tightening: remaining independent clubs, churches, and local administrations are pressured into Nazi “coordination.”
25 Aug: Haavara Agreement signed—state-managed channel for Jewish emigration while accelerating exclusion at home.
30 Aug: Nuremberg rally
Remaining parties collapse, clearing the field.
14 Jul: “No new parties” law makes the NSDAP the only legal party; one-party state by statute.
Forced sterilization law passed.
20 Jul: Reich Concordat signed; Church pulled from politics, regime gains legitimacy.
Remaining parties collapse, clearing the field.
14 Jul: “No new parties” law makes the NSDAP the only legal party; one-party state by statute.
Forced sterilization law passed.
20 Jul: Reich Concordat signed; Church pulled from politics, regime gains legitimacy.
DNVP cabinet minister Alfred Hugenberg resigns as Economics Minister and Food & Agriculture Minister, ending conservatives’ last real leverage inside Hitler’s government.
Coalition cover thins; appointments now flow from Nazi power, not bargaining.
DNVP cabinet minister Alfred Hugenberg resigns as Economics Minister and Food & Agriculture Minister, ending conservatives’ last real leverage inside Hitler’s government.
Coalition cover thins; appointments now flow from Nazi power, not bargaining.