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1924 in Germany — Page 2

Explore 77 historical events and records for Germany in 1924.

Historical records for Germany in 1924

Sorted by month and day. Records with no month are shown last. Showing 37 of 77 unique records.

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June

Chancellor

Marx, Wihelm · Chancellor · Government / Weimar Republic

Dr Wilhelm Marx (Center) forms 2nd cabinet

August

Gold Exchange Standard

Schacht, Hjalmar · Berlin · President of the Reichsbank · Government / Reichsbank

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

Reichsmark

Marx, Wilhelm · Berlin · Chancellor of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

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

Reichsmark Gold Parity

Schacht, Hjalmar · Berlin · President of the Reichsbank · Economy / Gold Standard

The new Reichsmark is introduced with a legally defined gold value under the Dawes stabilisation framework, replacing the emergency Rentenmark as Germany's official currency.

September

Michael

Dreyer, Carl Theodor · Berlin · Director · Arts / Cinema

Directs Michael for UFA in Germany.

November

Waxworks

Leni, Paul · Berlin · Director · Arts / Cinema

Directs the expressionist anthology film Waxworks.

December

Arrest of Adolf Hitler

Hitler, Adolf · Landsberg · Party Fuhrer-NSDAP · Politics / NSDAP

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

NSDAP

Hitler, Adolf · Landsberg · Party Fuhrer-NSDAP · Politics / NSDAP

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

The Last Laugh

Murnau, Friedrich Wilhelm · Berlin · Director · Arts / Cinema

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

Trial

Ebert, Friedrich · Magdeburg · President of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

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

Other events (month unknown)

25 Point Program

Feder, Gottfried · 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

25 Point Program

Hitler, Adolf · Munich · Chairman of NSDAP · 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

Arrest of Rudolph Hess

Hess, Rudolph · Landsberg · Politics / NSDAP

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

Attische Sonnette

Daubler, Theodor · Arts / Literature

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

Bose Counting Recasts Planck Radiation Law

Einstein, Albert · Berlin · Physicist · Science / Physics

Einstein recognized that Bose's counting method obtained Planck's spectrum by treating light quanta statistically without relying on the classical independent-particle counting used for ordinary gases.

Bose Light-Quantum Manuscript Reaches Einstein

Einstein, Albert · Berlin · Physicist · Science / Physics

Satyendra Nath Bose sent Einstein a manuscript deriving Planck's radiation law by a new statistical counting method applied directly to indistinguishable light quanta.

Conference of London

Marx, Wihelm · London · Chancellor · Government / Weimar Republic

Gets agreement for speedier Allied withdrawal from the Rhineland

Dawes Plan

Marx, Wihelm · River Rhine · Chancellor · Government / Weimar Republic

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

Der Zauberberg

Mann, Thomas · Arts / Literature

Publication of "Der Zauberberg"

Die Nibelungen

Lang, Fritz · Berlin · Director · Arts / Cinema

Directs the two-part silent epic Die Nibelungen.

Doctorate at Frankfurt

Adorno, Theodor W. · Frankfurt · Philosopher · Humanities / Philosophy

Adorno receives his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Frankfurt.

Editor

Goebbels, Paul Joseph · Editor of Volkische Freiheit · Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Editor of The Volkische Freiheit

Einstein Recommends Bose Radiation Paper for Publication

Einstein, Albert · Berlin · Physicist · Science / Physics

Einstein submitted Bose's translated paper for publication and endorsed its new derivation of the black-body radiation law from quantum statistics.

Einstein Translates Bose Photon Statistics Paper

Einstein, Albert · Berlin · Physicist · Science / Physics

Einstein translated Bose's manuscript on the quantum statistics of radiation into German after recognizing the importance of its treatment of light quanta.

Election

Feder, Gottfried · Deputy of Reichstag · Politics / NSDAP

Elected to the Reichstag

Member of Parliament

Schumacher, Kurt · Wurttemberg · Member of Parliament for Wurttemberg · Politics / SDP

Appointed Member of Wurtemburg Parliament

NSDAP

Hitler, Adolf · Bavaria · Party Fuhrer-NSDAP · Politics / NSDAP

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

NSDAP

Hitler, Adolf · Munich · Party Fuhrer-NSDAP · Politics / NSDAP

The NSDAP is reorganized around the "Fuhrer Principle"

NSDAP

Ley, Robert · Politics / NSDAP

Joins the NSDAP

Occupation

Marx, Wihelm · Rhineland, The · Chancellor · Government / Weimar Republic

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

Party Fuhrer

Hitler, Adolf · Party Fuhrer-NSDAP · Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Party Fuhrer of the NSDAP

Photon Indistinguishability Gains Statistical Role

Einstein, Albert · Berlin · Physicist · Science / Physics

Bose's method, promoted by Einstein, treated light quanta as statistically indistinguishable objects, an idea that became fundamental to quantum statistics.

Plan und Dithyrambos

Daubler, Theodor · Arts / Literature

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

Reparations

Marx, Wihelm · River Rhine · Chancellor · 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

Resignation from Public Office

Kahr, Gustav Ritter von · Munich · Former General State Commissioner · Government / Weimar Republic

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

Stabswache

Hitler, Adolf · Chairman of NSDAP · 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

The Magic Mountain

Mann, Thomas · Arts / Literature

Publication of "The Magic Mountain"

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