Chronology For Ui
- 1. Chronology: SCENE 1 1929 - 1932. Germany is hard hit by the world crisis. At the height of the crisis a number of Prussian Junkers try to obtain government loans, for a long time without success. The big industrialists in the Ruhr dream of expansion.
- 2. SCENE 2 By way of winning President Hindenburg's sympathy for their cause, the Junkers make him a present of a Landed estate.
- 3. SCENE 3 In the autumn of 1932, Adolf Hitler's party and private army are threatened with bankruptcy and disintegration. To save the situation Hitler tries desperately to have himself appointed Chancellor, but for a long time Hindenburg refuses to see him.
- 4. SCENE 4 In January 1933 Hindenburg appoints Hitler Chancellor in return for a promise to prevent the exposure of the Osthilfe (East Aid) scandal, in which Hindenburg himself is implicated.
- 5. SCENE 5 After coming to power legally, Hitler surprises his high patrons by extremely violent measures, but keeps his promises
- 6. SCENE 6 The gang leader quickly transforms himself into a statesman. He is believed to have taken lessons in declamation and bearing from one Basil, a provincial actor.
- 7. SCENE 7 February 1933, the Reichstag Fire. Hitler accuses his enemies of instigating the fire and gives the signal for the Night of the Long Knives.
- 8. SCENE 8 The supreme court in Leipzig condemns an unemployed worker to death for causing the fire. The real incendiaries get off scot-free.
- 9. SCENES 9 & 10 The impending death of the aged Hindenburg provokes bitter struggles in the Nazi camp. The Junkers and industrialists demand Röhm's removal. The occupation of Austria is planned.
- 10. SCENE 11 On the night of the 30th June 1943 Hitter overpowers his friend Röhm at an inn where Röhm thinks that Hitler is coming to arrange for a joint strike against Hindenburg and Goring.
- 11. SCENE 12 Under compulsion the Austrian chancellor Englebert Dollfuss agrees to stop the attacks on Hitler that have been appearing in the Austrian press.
- 12. SCENE 13 Dollfuss is murdered at Hitler's instigation, but Hitler goes on negotiating with Austrian rightist circles.
- 13. SCENE 14 On 11 March 1938 Hitler marches into Austria. An election under the Nazi terror results in a 98% vote for Hitler.
- 14. DOGSBOROUGH Paul von Hindenburg (1847 - 1934), a German Field Marshal and statesman. An important figure during World War 1, he also served as President of Germany from 1925 to 1934. ARTURO UI Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945). Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Fuehrer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. He was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, better known as the Nazi Party. GIRI Hermann Wilhelm Goering (1893 - 1946). A German politician and military leader known for being second in command of the Third Reich, a leading member of the Nazi Party, and commander of the Luftwaffe. He was tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremburg Trials in 1945-1946 and was sentenced to death. He avoided execution by committing suicide in his cell just hours before the sentence was due to be carried out. ROMA Ernst Julius Roehm. A German military officer and the commander and co-founder of the Nazi Sturmabteilung , or stormtroopers. GIVOLA Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels (1897 - 1945). Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister in Nazi Germany. Goebbels was known for his zealous and energetic oratory, virulent anti-Semitism, and perfection of the so-called 'Big Lie' technique of mass propaganda. Following Hitler's death he served as Chancellor for one day, approved the murder of his wife and their six children, and committed suicide. DULLFEET Engelbert Dollfuss (1892 - 1934). An Austrian statesman serving as chancellor for two years from 1932 until his assassination in 1934. CAULIFLOWER TRUST Junkers - the landed aristocracy of Prussia and Eastern Germany VEGETABLE DEALERS Petty bourgeoisie GANGSTERS Fascists DOCK AID SCANDAL Osthilfe (East Aid) scandal WAREHOUSE FIRE TRIAL Reichstag Fire trial CHICAGO Germany CICERO Austria