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Gregor Strasser [1892-1934], Hitler's principal rival in the Nazi Party
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21 Hitler's most powerful rival in the Nazi Party is the writer Gregor Strasser from its socialistic wing.
22 The conservatives try to convince Strasser to enter a coalition; the plan
fails; Strasser has to give up his party functions.
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Ex-General Kurt von Schleicher [1882-1934], Defense Minister.
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23 Now, the only remaining option for the statesman of the right, Defense Minister Kurt von Schleicher, is to form a minority government under his leadership and without the Nazis.
24 Schleicher's chancellorship is short-lived.
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Paul von Hindenburg.
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25 On Jan. 27, 1933, he has to step down.
26 Hindenburg now ends his resistance and is ready to convey the chancellorship to Hitler, in which Hitler is to be hemmed in by a cabinet of national-conservative politicians.
27 A last minute attempt by Schleicher to disrupt the formation of the new
government by starting false rumors of a new Papen government and an imminent
military putsch fails.
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Front row l. to r.: Frick (seated), Hitler, Goering, Himmler. At Hitler's right shoulder: Joseph Goebbels.
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28 Hitler demands not only the chancellorship, but also far reaching authority.
29 An Enabling Law is to make him independent of the parliament and the president.
30 In the evening of Jan. 29, Goering reports, "Everything settled."
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Berlin, January 30, 1933, about 11 AM, Hitler leaving the Kaiserhof Hotel for his appointment with President Paul von Hindenburg where he will be named Chancellor.
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31 The next morning, Jan 30, 1933, Hitler leaves his quarters in the Hotel Kaiserhof amid the jubilation of his supporters.
32 At 11 AM, in the chancellory, he is to be named the head of the government.