The Weimar Republic 1918–1933
Explore a searchable Weimar Republic timeline covering Germany's transition from imperial rule to republican government, the constitution, political instability, economic crisis, stabilization and the collapse of the Republic in 1933.
History at a glance
Six phases of the Republic
These phase summaries organize the supplied archive rather than replacing it. Select a phase to filter the detailed chronology below.
Chronological archive
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Source note
This page is generated from the supplied World History Search Weimar Republic data. Records dated outside 1918–1933 are excluded from this historical timeline. Exact duplicate rows are removed, but the remaining source wording, terminology and historical assertions are otherwise preserved rather than silently corrected.
Weimar Republic history
Weimar Republic timeline and key events, 1918–1933
This archive follows the Weimar Republic from the German Revolution and the creation of republican government through the National Assembly and Weimar Constitution, the Versailles settlement, political violence, reparations disputes and the major economic and constitutional crises of the interwar period.
The chronology also covers the Ruhr occupation, inflation and currency reform in 1923, the stabilization years associated with international diplomacy and the Dawes and Young frameworks, and the later breakdown of parliamentary government under Article 48. The final records trace the governments of Brüning, Papen and Schleicher and the constitutional collapse of the Republic in 1933.
Key topics in the Weimar Republic archive
German Revolution
Weimar Constitution
Treaty of Versailles
Reparations
Ruhr occupation
Hyperinflation
Currency reform
Dawes framework
Locarno diplomacy
Young Plan
Article 48
Presidential government
Collapse in 1933