Explore 147 historical events and records for Germany in 1919.
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The fundamental tenet of the Weimar Constitution is that Germany will be a republic on the Parliamentary model with a Parliament elected using proportional representation, universal suffrage is established, with a minimum voting age of 20
The Republics first Reichspresident ("Reich President"), Friedrich Ebert of the SPD, signs the new German constitution into law. In the event of a serious threat to public safety or Reich security, the President can take measures - including the use of armed force - to restore law and order, and can suspend civil rights if necessary
The Munchener Beobachter is renamed the Voelkischer Beobachter
Resigns from the Army, Groener earned the enmity of much of the military leadership, much of whom sought the retention of the monarchy
Appointed Member of German Workers Party
After hearing Feder speak Hitler joins the Deutsche Arbeiter Partei, NSDAP foreunner
After hearing Feder speak Hitler joins the Deutsche Arbeiter Partei, NSDAP foreunner
Appointed Member of German Workers Party
After leading a Volkswehr battery in Augsburg, Jodl is accepted into the postwar Reichswehr.
Hitler speaks for the 1st time in public & raises 300 Marks for the party funds
111 people attend a public NSDAP meeting at the Hofbraukeller
Death of Phillip Scheidemann
At Hitler's instigation more public meetings are held, increasing to about 400
Released by the French after the Armistice
The Treaty of Versailles prevents Germany from maintaining an official air force
Appointed Commander in the Reichswehr
The Freikorps were the brainchild of Major Kurt von Schleicher, the Freikorps were also called the "Black Reichswehr" (Black Army) for they were a secret army outside the bounds of the Versailles Treaty
1 of 4,000 officers who remain in the Reichswehr
Appointed Chancellor of Germany
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Iron Division in the Freikorps active in Latvia
A President can invoke article 48 to suspend civil rights & assume dictatorial power
Appointed Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief
Appointed Adjutant General of the new Reichswehr
The state will consist of the Reichstag, elected Parliament & Reichsrat. Germany is to be headed by a popularly elected President. Drafts the new German Constitution. A President can invoke article 48 to suspend civil rights & assume dictatorial power
Votes against the constitution of the Weimar Republic
Returns to the Foreign Office Service and became consul in Beirut
Helps overthrow the Bavarian Soviet Regime
Appointed Member of Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
Completes his theoretical work Der Nationale Sozialismus expressing the hope in his introduction that his book would play the same role for national socialism that Das Kapital did for Marxian socialism
Publication of "Demian"
Directs the silent film Die Frau mit den Orchideen.
Discovers discontinuities in the magnetization of ferrous metals
After the First World War, Manstein worked with German eastern frontier defence organisations. His continued service helped him remain in the professional officer corps during the transition to the postwar army.
Supports the development of Bavarian Einwohnerwehr formations intended to provide armed local security against revolutionary unrest.
Envoy to Copenhagen
After the end of the war he forms the Freikorps Epp, a right-wing, paramilitary formation mostly made up of war veterans, of which future leader of the SA Ernst Roehm, was a member
Used to defeat the Bavarian Soviet Republic. The Freokorps received considerable support from Minister of Defence Gustav Noske, a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who used them to crush the German Revolution and the Marxist Spartacist League
Cassirer accepts a professorship at the newly founded University of Hamburg.
After the founding of the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) Haase supports reunification of the USPD and majority SPD
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