of Parties" proclaims the Nazi Party "the only political party in Germany." All others banned. 20 July: Reichskonkordat signed with Holy See. Violations by Germany begin immediately. 22 September: The Reich Chamber of Culture is established with Joseph Goebbels becoming its figurehead. 14 October: Germany officially withdraws from the League of Nations. 9 November: Freikorps symbolically pledge allegiance to Hitler in a huge ceremony. 12 November: Reichstag election results in the Nazis polling 39.6 million votes (92.1%) and winning all 661 seats in the new single-party state. 27 November: Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy) program established. 30 November: The Gestapo, which had only previously existed in Prussia is given authority throughout Germany. November: As part of the Rauschgiftbekämpfung ("war on drugs"), the Reichstag passes a law allowing the imprisonment of drug addicts for up to two years, a period that could be extended indefinitely by legal decree. Fall: Hitler reveals to his close associates a plan to annex Western Poland and create a ring of puppet states around Germany without any policies of their own 1934 30 January: "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" – formally abolishes the Landtage of the German states and transfers states' sovereignty to the Reich. Formally ends federalism in Germany. 14 February: "Law on the Abolition of the Reichsrat" – formally abolishes the Reichsrat, the upper house of the German parliament. 11 April: Pact of the Deutschland: Hitler persuades the top officials of the army and navy to back his bid to succeed Hindenburg as president, by promising to "diminish" the three-million-man-plus SA and greatly expand the regular army and navy. 20 April: The Gestapo is transferred from Göring to Himmler and Heydrich, who begin to integrate it into the SS. 16 May: German officer corps endorses Hitler to succeed the ailing President Hindenburg. 30 June – 2 July: Night of the Long Knives or Blood Purge: On pretext of suppressing an alleged SA putsch, much of the brownshirt leadership, including Ernst Röhm, are arrested and executed. Kurt von Schleicher, Gregor Strasser and other political enemies are murdered. Papen briefly imprisoned; between 150 and 200 were killed. The SS, formerly part of the SA, now comes to the forefront. 13 July: Defending the purge, Hitler declares that to defend Germany he has the right to act unilaterally as "supreme judge" without resort to courts. 2 August: President Hindenburg dies. The previous day, the