Wednesday, 1 October 2014

History of Wiemar Berlin.

1919.

January Spartacist uprising in Berlin was suppressed by the Freikorps 

Leibknecht and Luxemburg murdered

February the German government met in Weimar

Scheidemann became the first Chancellor of the Weimar Republic

Ebert became the first President of the Weimar Republic

September Hitler joined the German Workers' Party in Munich

1920.

February Hitler announces the new name for the German Workers' Party - National Socialist German Workers'Party (Nazi) - and his 25 point plan for the future

1922.

December Germany failed to make reparation payment

1923.

January French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr

German workers began passive resistance in the Ruhr

September Chancellor Stresemann ended passive resistance against the French government in the Ruhr

October A new currency called the Rentenmark was introduced

November Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch in Munich failed

1924.

April Hitler was sentenced to five years' imprisonment

The Dawes Plan was announced

December Hitler was released from prison and began to rebuild the Nazi Party

1925.

February Paul von Hindenburg was elected President of Germany

October Germany signed the Locarno Treaty with France, Britain, Belgium and Italy guaranteeing its borders with France

1926-27.

May Hitler declared leader (Führer) of the Nazi Party

1928-29.

January Goebbels appointed chief of the Nazi propaganda department

October Death of Stresemann

Wall Street stock market collapsed, beginning the Great Depression

1930.

March Muller's government failed to deal with the Great Depression

Bruning was appointed Chancellor

July Bruning's budget passed using Article 48

September Nazis won 107 seats in the Reichstag elections

Timeline taken from.

charles Sturt. (2014). German timeline 1920s. Available: http://hsc.csu.edu.au/modern_history/national_studies/germany/2435/page97.htm. Last accessed 17/10/2014.


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