4 Apr 1933
- Germany began to exclude Jewish lawyers. ww2dbase [CPC]
- In Germany, Works' Councils (Betriebsträte) were outlawed. They were replaced by "Trust Councils" (Vertrauensträte) elected by politically reliable (e.g. Nazi) candidates drawn up by works managers. ww2dbase [AC]
- Portland was first Navy ship to arrive at the crash site of the Navy airship USS Akron ww2dbase [Portland | DS]
- Konrad Adenauer, the future post war Chancellor of West Germany, was removed by the Nazi Party from his post as Mayor of Köln (Cologne), Germany. Penniless, he sought sanctuary in the Benedictine monastery at the Maria Laach Abbey near Andernach, Germany. ww2dbase [Köln, Köln-Aachen | AC]
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