A referendum on withdrawing from the League of Nations was held in Germany on 12 November 1933 alongside Reichstag elections.

)[4] Weimar President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler to the office of Chancellor on 30 January 1933.

[6] Lacking the two-thirds supermajority necessary to pass such an act, Hindenburg dissolved the Reichstag on 31 January.

[13] The Weimar Constitution allowed the President to refer legislation passed by the Reichstag to a referendum.

Of the democratic nature of the referendum, the political scientist Arnold Zurcher writes that "there undoubtedly was a great deal" of "intangible official pressure" but probably very little "downright coercion and intimidation at the polls".