Himmler established the first concentration camp

In the 1932 election, the Nazi Party received almost 37% of the vote and 230 seats after Adolf Hitler utilized populist rhetoric to blame the Jews for the ongoing economic suffering. Hitler was then appointed Chancellor of Germany.

Himmler enlisted with right-wing paramilitary groups. He took part in one of those groups, Ernst Röhm's Reichskriegsflagge ("Imperial War Flag"), in Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich in November 1923. Himmler joined the Nazi Party in 1925, ascended quickly through the ranks of the organization, and was chosen as a Reichstag (German parliament) deputy in 1930. However, his appointment as Reichsführer of the SS (Schutzstaffel; "Protective Echelon"), Hitler's elite bodyguard, which was supposedly in charge of the Sturmabteilung (SA; "Assault Division"), lay the groundwork for his future significance. Himmler started the SS's growth right away, and by 1933, it had more than 50,000 members. Himmler became the charge of the Munich police on January 30, 1933, and shortly after that, he was appointed chief of all German police forces outside of Prussia. As a result, Hitler founded Dachau, the first concentration camp of the Third Reich.