17 July –Altona Bloody Sunday: In Altona, clashes break out between the police, Nazi SA members and Communist party supporters during aNational Socialist demonstration; 18 are killed. Many other political street fights follow.[5]
31 July –Federal election: The Nazi Party gains a plurality and the Communists also gain seats.[6] This creates a "negative majority" that prevents any majority coalition that does not include one of the two parties.
6 November –Federal election: The Nazis lose many seats,[8] but retain the plurality as the Communists continue to gain. (This is the last free and fair election held throughout East-Germany until 1990.)
21 November – President Hindenburg begins negotiations with Adolf Hitler about the formation of a new government.
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