1 January 1921Death of Theobald von Bethmann HollwegTheobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Death of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
Historical records for Germany in 1921, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Death of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
The Paris Conference fixes German war reparations
The Paris Conference fixes German war reparations
Jodl begins Führergehilfen training, the Reichswehr's concealed system of general staff education.
Addresses over 6,000 people in the Circus Krone
The Allies enter Germany to enforce reparations
Plebiscite in Upper Silesia, they vote to remain part of Germany. Allied Plebiscite Commission rejects vote, draws boundary anyway; takes section of mines, mills and furnaces and 350,000 Germans and puts them under Polish rule
Plebiscite in Upper Silesia, they vote to remain part of Germany. Allied Plebiscite Commission rejects vote, draws boundary anyway; takes section of mines, mills and furnaces and 350,000 Germans and puts them under Polish rule
Arrives in New York during his first visit to the United States, including lectures and fundraising.
Allied Reparations Committee levels 33 billion war reparations debt onto Germany; commands the handing over of 26% of all exports for 42 years and puts the Germans immediately into 12 billion in arrears
Allied Reparations Committee levels 33 billion war reparations debt onto Germany; commands the handing over of 26% of all exports for 42 years and puts the Germans immediately into 12 billion in arrears
The reparations bill is tallied when the Reparations Commission determines that damages caused by Germany amount to $33 billion or 133 billion gold marks. Reparations payments are to be made in cash or by such in-kind commodities as steel and coal
Polish forces under Wojciech Korfantry invade Upper Silesia
Polish forces under Wojciech Korfantry invade Upper Silesia
The London Ultimatum sets the total sum of the war indemnity at 132 billion marks
The London Ultimatum sets the total sum of the war indemnity at 132 billion marks
Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society.
German Freikorps smash Polish forces at St Annaberg
German Freikorps smash Polish forces at St Annaberg
Under Allied pressure, all Freikorps units are outlawed
Accepts the political necessity of dissolving the Bavarian Einwohnerwehr organisation after sustained Allied pressure for disarmament.
Receives an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Manchester and lectures on relativity.
Adolf Hitler resigns from the party to force the hand of Anton Drexler not to unite with the DSP
Adolf Hitler rejoins the party
Appointed Chairman of the NSDAP
Adolf Hitler assumes leadership of the NSDAP, he becomes "Der Fuhrer"
Adolf Hitler assumes leadership of the NSDAP, he becomes "Der Fuhrer"
Sweeps away committees & establishes the "leadership principle"
Sweeps away committees & establishes the "leadership principle"
Protests against President Friedrich Ebert's nationwide state of emergency, regarding federal intervention as a threat to Bavarian autonomy.
Founds the Gymnastic & Sports Section to protect NSDAP speakers, forerunner of the SA
Resigns as Bavarian prime minister after losing the struggle to preserve the Einwohnerwehr and its armed strength.
Hitler and SA disrupt speech by Otto Ballestedt of the Bayernbund; beaten badly; Hitler with others arrested
An economic crisis grips Germany which causes runaway inflation and ends additional reparations installments
An economic crisis grips Germany which causes runaway inflation and ends additional reparations installments
An initial payment of $250 million reparations is made. An economic crisis grips Germany which causes runaway inflation and ends additional reparations installments
Returns to his position as regional president of Upper Bavaria after leaving the Bavarian premiership.
Directs Der mude Tod, released in English as Destiny.
Germany loses part of Upper Silesia after League arbitration.
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 2nd term, Joseph Wirth (Center) forms 2nd cabinet
German currency begins to collapse
NSDAP buys its first paper, the Voelkischer Beobachter
The NSDAP total party membership comes to 2000
The Abwehr was created in 1921 as part of the Ministry of Defence when Germany was allowed to form the Reichswehr, the military organisation of the Weimar Republic
The first head is Major Friedrich Gempp, a former deputy to Col. Walther Nicolai, the head of German intelligence during World War I
The Abwehr was created in 1921 as part of the Ministry of Defence when Germany was allowed to form the Reichswehr, the military organisation of the Weimar Republic
Appointed Member of Catholic Centre Party
Appointed Chairman of the Centre Group in the Reichstag
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 1st term
Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 2nd term
Appointed Chief of Staff of the Stuttgart Army Area
Levi was expelled by the Comintern for "indiscipline"
Appointed member of the Executive Committee of the Communist International
Appointed Deputy in the Reichstag
Appointed Deputy of the Prussian Landtag
The SA is founded, known as the Gymnastics & Sports Division of the Nazi Party
The SA is founded, known as the Gymnastics & Sports Division of the Nazi Party
Uses his first American visit to support fundraising for the future Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
National Disarmament Law takes effect, disbands civil guards
Appointed Minister of Reconstruction
Appointed Minister President of Prussia
Awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical physics, especially the law of the photoelectric effect.
Membership of the NSDAP has grown from 190 in Jan 1920 to 3,300 by Aug 1921
The SA is founded, known as the Gymnastics & Sports Division of the Nazi Party
Appointed President of the Prussian Council
Delivers four Stafford Little Lectures explaining special and general relativity.
Addresses a meeting where the 1st group of the party outside Munich had been founded
Discovers an unexpected minimum in the scattering of low-energy electrons by noble-gas atoms, revealing their wave behaviour.
Directs Scherben, an influential Kammerspielfilm.
One of the founders of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and also helps form the Stabswache, which was an early company of SA troops assigned as bodyguards to Hitler
The SA is founded, known as the Gymnastics & Sports Division of the Nazi Party
The SA is founded, known as the Gymnastics & Sports Division of the Nazi Party
One of the founders of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and also helps form the Stabswache, which was an early company of SA troops assigned as bodyguards to Hitler
One of the founders of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and also helps form the Stabswache, which was an early company of SA troops assigned as bodyguards to Hitler
Writes the screenplay for Das indische Grabmal, directed by Joe May.
The League of Nations announces Poland will have Upper Silesia with 4/5 of mines
Adolf Hitler acquires all shares in the Voelkischer Beobachter company, making him the sole owner of the publication
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