21 March – Jewish organizations announce an economic boycott of German goods.
23 March – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act ("The law for removing the distress of people and the Reich"), making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany, curbing its own power.[1]
26 March – Air minister Hermann Göring denies that Germany's Jews are in danger.
1 April – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organise a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany.
20 July – Signing of the Reichskonkordat between the Vatican and Nazi Germany.
23 August – The Nazis publish the first of the four lists of people whose German citizenship, passports and other privileges are withdrawn. On the first list of thirty-three names are the Jewish authors Lion Feuchtwanger, Ernst Toller and Kurt Tucholsky.