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Germany in 1924

Historical records for Germany in 1924, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

75Records
59Events
20Named people
11Places
9Categories

Historical records

February

26 February 1924Hitler Treason TrialGustav Ritter von Kahr

Munich · Government / Weimar Republic

Testifies as a witness at the high-treason trial of Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff and Ernst Röhm.

26 February 1924TrialAdolf Hitler

Munich · Politics / NSDAP

The Hitlerputsch trial begins

April

1 April 1924NSDAPAdolf Hitler

Munich · Government / Weimar Republic

Given 5 years for the Munich Beer Hall putsch, reduced to 6 months

1 April 1924TrialAdolf Hitler

Munich · Government / Weimar Republic

Given 5 years for the Munich Beer Hall putsch, reduced to 6 months

1 April 1924TrialAdolf Hitler

Munich · Politics / NSDAP

Given 5 years for the Munich Beer Hall putsch, reduced to 6 months

1 April 1924TrialErich von Ludendorf

Munich · Government / Weimar Republic

Ludendorf is acquitted for his part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch

1 April 1924TrialErich von Ludendorf

Munich · Warfare / Military

Ludendorf is acquitted for his part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch

9 April 1924Allied Debt PaymentsGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The plan is intended to help Allied governments repay debts owed to the United States.

9 April 1924American LoansGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan makes foreign loans, mainly from the United States, available to Germany.

9 April 1924Business Not PoliticsGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan is promoted under the motto Business, not politics.

9 April 1924Currency StabilityGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes arrangements contribute to German currency stabilization.

9 April 1924Customs RevenueGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Customs taxes are included among the sources for reparations payments.

9 April 1924Dawes PlanGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan is put forward to stabilize the economic situation in Europe, to enable the Germans to pay their reparations and the Allies to pay their debts to the US. Sets an upper limit for payment of reparations and limits the time to 37 years, the Motto is "Business, not politics"

9 April 1924Dawes PlanGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Accepts the Dawes Plan form German reparations

9 April 1924Dawes PlanGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Reparation payments would begin at 1 billion marks for the first year and should rise over a period of four years to 2. 5 billion marks per year. Foreign loans (primarily from the United States) would be made available to Germany.

9 April 1924Dawes PlanGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan provides short term economic benefits to the German economy, It softens the burdens of war reparations, stabilizes the currency, and attracts increased foreign investments and loans to the German market.

9 April 1924Dawes PlanGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The sources for the reparation money should include transportation, excise, and custom taxes. The Ruhr area is to be evacuated by Allied occupation troops. The German Reichsbank would be reorganized under Allied supervision.

9 April 1924Dawes Plan AcceptanceGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Accepts the Dawes Plan for German reparations.

9 April 1924Economy of GermanyGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan is put forward to stabilize the economic situation in Europe, to enable the Germans to pay their reparations and the Allies to pay their debts to the US

9 April 1924European Stabilization PlanGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Supports the Dawes Plan as a means to stabilise Europe's economic situation.

9 April 1924Excise Tax RevenueGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Excise taxes are assigned as one source of reparations revenue.

9 April 1924First Year PaymentGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Reparations begin at one billion marks in the first year under the Dawes arrangements.

9 April 1924Foreign CreditGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Germany gains access to foreign credit under the Dawes arrangements.

9 April 1924Foreign InvestmentGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The plan helps attract increased foreign investment into Germany.

9 April 1924Loan InflowsGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Foreign lending to Germany increases under the Dawes framework.

9 April 1924Reichsbank SupervisionGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The German Reichsbank is to be reorganized under Allied supervision.

9 April 1924Reparations Burden EasedGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The plan softens the immediate burden of German reparations.

9 April 1924Reparations CapacityGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan is designed to enable Germany to meet reparations payments.

9 April 1924Reparations CeilingGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan places an upper limit on German reparations payments.

9 April 1924Reparations TimetableGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The plan limits the reparations timetable to 37 years.

9 April 1924Rising Reparations ScheduleGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Annual reparations are scheduled to rise toward 2.5 billion marks over four years.

9 April 1924Ruhr EvacuationGustav Stressman

Ruhr · Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes arrangements provide for Allied occupation troops to leave the Ruhr.

9 April 1924Short Term RecoveryGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan provides short-term economic benefits to Germany.

9 April 1924Transport Tax RevenueGustav Stressman

Government / Weimar Republic

Transportation taxes are identified as a source for reparations payments.

15 April 1924Mein KampfRudolph Hess

Politics / NSDAP

Puplication of "Mein Kampf", helped by Herman Hess

15 April 1924Mein KampfAdolf Hitler

Politics / NSDAP

Puplication of "Mein Kampf", written mainly in Landsberg prison. Puplication of "Mein Kampf", helped by Herman Hess

April 1924Greater German Youth MovementAdolf Hitler

Politics / NSDAP

The Jugendbund der NSDAP is renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement)

April 1924Grossdeutsche JugendbewegungAdolf Hitler

Politics / NSDAP

The Jugendbund der NSDAP is renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement)

April 1924Hitler YouthAdolf Hitler

Politics / NSDAP

The Jugendbund der NSDAP is renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement)

April 1924Jugendbund der NSDAPAdolf Hitler

Politics / NSDAP

The Jugendbund der NSDAP is renamed Grossdeutsche Jugendbewegung (Greater German Youth Movement)

June

3 June 1924ChancellorWihelm Marx

Government / Weimar Republic

Dr Wilhelm Marx (Center) forms 2nd cabinet

20 June 1924American Academy Foreign Honorary MembershipAlbert Einstein

Berlin · Science / Physics

Accepts election as a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

August

30 August 1924Gold Exchange StandardHjalmar Schacht

Berlin · Government / Reichsbank

Schacht establishes the stable Reichsmark within the restored international gold-exchange system.

30 August 1924ReichsmarkWilhelm Marx

Berlin · Government / Weimar Republic

Germany introduces the Reichsmark with a fixed gold value after stabilisation by the Rentenmark.

September

26 September 1924MichaelCarl Theodor Dreyer

Berlin · Arts / Cinema

Directs Michael for UFA in Germany.

November

13 November 1924WaxworksPaul Leni

Berlin · Arts / Cinema

Directs the expressionist anthology film Waxworks.

December

20 December 1924Arrest of Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler

Landsberg · Politics / NSDAP

Released from Landsberg prison after serving 9 months of a 5 yr sentence

20 December 1924NSDAPAdolf Hitler

Landsberg · Politics / NSDAP

Released from Landsberg prison after serving 9 months of a 5 yr sentence

23 December 1924The Last LaughFriedrich Wilhelm Murnau

Berlin · Arts / Cinema

Directs Der letzte Mann, a landmark of moving-camera silent cinema.

23 December 1924TrialFriedrich Ebert

Magdeburg · Government / Weimar Republic

Convicted of complicity in a Jan 1918 strike at a munitions factory

Other Events

192425 Point ProgramGottfried Feder

Munich · Politics / NSDAP

Gottfried Feder proposes a new 39-point program, all such attempts ultimately fail because Hitler refuses to allow any discussion of the party program after 1925

192425 Point ProgramAdolf Hitler

Munich · Politics / NSDAP

Gottfried Feder proposes a new 39-point program, all such attempts ultimately fail because Hitler refuses to allow any discussion of the party program after 1925

1924Arrest of Rudolph HessRudolph Hess

Landsberg · Politics / NSDAP

Imprisoned for 6 months alongside Hitler in Landsberg Prison. Gives himself up for part played in the Munich Beer Hall putsch

1924Attische SonnetteTheodor Daubler

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Plan und Dithyrambos". Publication of "Attische Sonnette"

1924Bose Paper TranslationAlbert Einstein

Berlin · Science / Physics

Translates Satyendra Nath Bose's paper on Planck's law into German and arranges its publication.

1924Bose-Einstein Condensation PredictionAlbert Einstein

Berlin · Science / Physics

Predicts that ideal bosonic particles can accumulate in the lowest quantum state at low temperature.

1924Bose-Einstein StatisticsAlbert Einstein

Berlin · Science / Physics

Extends Bose's statistical method from photons to particles of an ideal gas.

1924Conference of LondonWihelm Marx

London · Government / Weimar Republic

Gets agreement for speedier Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland

1924Dawes PlanWihelm Marx

River Rhine · Government / Weimar Republic

At the London Conference gets agreement for Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland

1924Der ZauberbergThomas Mann

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Der Zauberberg"

1924Die NibelungenFritz Lang

Berlin · Arts / Cinema

Directs the two-part silent epic Die Nibelungen.

1924EditorPaul Joseph Goebbels

Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Editor of The Volkische Freiheit

1924Einstein Tower InaugurationAlbert Einstein

Potsdam · Science / Astronomy

The Einstein Tower begins operation as a solar observatory designed to test relativistic effects.

1924ElectionGottfried Feder

Politics / NSDAP

Elected to the Reichstag

1924Member of ParliamentKurt Schumacher

Wurttemberg · Politics / SDP

Appointed Member of Wurtemburg Parliament

1924NSDAPAdolf Hitler

Bavaria · Politics / NSDAP

Meets the Bavarian Premier & promises to put the NSDAP struggle on a legal basis

1924NSDAPAdolf Hitler

Munich · Politics / NSDAP

The NSDAP is reorganized around the "Fuhrer Principle"

1924NSDAPRobert Ley

Politics / NSDAP

Joins the NSDAP

1924OccupationWihelm Marx

Rhineland, The · Government / Weimar Republic

At the London Conference gets agreement for Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland

1924Party FuhrerAdolf Hitler

Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Party Fuhrer of the NSDAP

1924Plan und DithyrambosTheodor Daubler

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Plan und Dithyrambos". Publication of "Attische Sonnette"

1924ReparationsWihelm Marx

River Rhine · Government / Weimar Republic

The Dawes Plan, the US vice president helps to craft a plan for annual German installment payments, but avoids the more troublesome issue of the total amount owed. At the London Conference gets agreement for Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland

1924Resignation from Public OfficeGustav Ritter von Kahr

Munich · Government / Weimar Republic

Resigns his remaining public offices in February as relations between Bavaria and the Reich begin to stabilise.

1924StabswacheAdolf Hitler

Politics / NSDAP

After Hitler's release he orders a new bodyguard unit formed, again called the Stabswache, but this time it did not fall under SA control

1924The Magic MountainThomas Mann

Arts / Literature

Publication of "The Magic Mountain"

Names involved

Adolf HitlerAlbert EinsteinCarl Theodor DreyerErich von LudendorfFriedrich EbertFriedrich Wilhelm MurnauFritz LangGottfried FederGustav Ritter von KahrGustav StressmanHjalmar SchachtKurt SchumacherPaul Joseph GoebbelsPaul LeniRobert LeyRudolph HessTheodor DaublerThomas MannWihelm MarxWilhelm Marx

Places involved

BavariaBerlinLandsbergLondonMagdeburgMunichPotsdamRhineland, TheRiver RhineRuhrWurttemberg

Provenance

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