Weimar 1918-1933 dates Flashcards
Formation of the Weimar constitution
November 1918
Ebert-Groener Pact ensures support from the army for the Weimar system
November 1918
Founding of the Bauhaus movement by Walter Gropius
1919
Introduction of agitprop art (art which has a political message) which included artists such as Bertolt Brecht
1919
Spartacist Revolt headed by Luxembourg and Liebknecht
5-15 January 1919
First Weimar election. The SPD get 37.9% of the vote
19 January 1919
Red Bavaria uprising
April-May 1919
Treaty of Versailles settlement
May 1919
Hindenburg calls the Treaty of Versailles a ‘Diktat’ and dubs the new government the ‘November Criminals’ in front of a National Assembly
November 1919
Formation of the SA, the NSDAP paramilitary group
1920
Kapp Putsch in Berlin
March 1920
Collapse in food prices as a result of a lack of rural protection from foreign capital
1922
Ruhr Crisis
January 1923
Hyperinflation
1923
Streseman and government in power. Streseman becomes chancellor and then foreign minister in the same year
August-November 1923
Munich Putsch
8-9 November 1923
The NSDAP win 3.0% of the vote in the election of this year
December 1924
The NSDAP change their structure including the introduction of a centralised bureaucracy as well as local Gauleiter
1924
Dawes Plan
August 1924
Hindenburg elected president with 48.3% of the vote
March 1925
In this year the SPD begin a noticeable shift to the left, rejecting viable and stable coalitions due to their potential for perpetuating a bourgeois image
1925
The Locarno treaties which included a French-German non-aggression pact
December 1925
Germany enter the League of Nations
1926
The Marx government fails and has to reform in response to faltering SPD support. This government had previously taken over from a Luther minority government.
1926-1927
Sickness Insurance Law
1927
The DNVP shift to the right in response to the publishing of the Lambach papers
1928
Ruhr iron works locks out 210,000 workers in response to trade union success in raising wages
1928
Collapse of the grand coalition following a falling out regarding unemployment benefits
February 1929
Young Plan
1929
Reich committee for a referendum to oppose the Young Plan is formed, with its leadership including Hitler
1929
Wall Street Crash
October 1929
The NSDAP vote rises to 18.3% in this year’s election
September 1930
5 major German banks close as a result of the depression, and this in turn causes the loss of 20,000 middle class businesses
1931
Presidential election sees Hindenburg win, though rivaled by Hitler
March/April 1932
The NSDAP become the largest party in the Reichstag with 37.3% of the vote
July 1932
Article 48 is used 66 times in this year, compared to just 5 times in 1930
1932
Von Papen made chancellor, taking over from Bruning
July 1932
Von Papen legalises the SA to respond to the socialist government in Prussia
1932
Von Schleicher made chancellor after Hindenburg sacked Von Papen
December 1932
The NSDAP votes to 33.1% of the votes in this election, though remain the largest party in the Reichstag
November 1932
Hitler is appointed chancellor
January 1933
