4 January 1925NSDAPAdolf Hitler
Hitler begins his political comeback by meeting with new ministers and President of Bavaria
Historical records for Germany in 1925, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Hitler begins his political comeback by meeting with new ministers and President of Bavaria
A January approach to France opens Stresemann's push for a western security settlement.
German note sent to France suggesting western security pact
German note sent to London suggesting western security pact
Later in January, a German diplomatic note asks London to consider the proposed western pact.
Uses western frontier guarantees to support Germany's rehabilitation among the western powers.
Germany proposes a western security pact guaranteeing its frontiers with France and Belgium as a basis for European reconciliation.
Luther's government backs the security initiative that becomes the starting point for the Locarno negotiations.
Proposes reciprocal recognition of Germany's western frontiers established at Versailles.
Stresemann helps frame Germany's proposal for a pact guaranteeing the western frontiers with France and Belgium.
Death of Friedrich Ebert, from the effects of an appendicitis operation
The ban on the NSDAP is lifted
Published with an editorial written by Hitler, "a new beginning". Hitler confirms the party constitution 1st proclaimed in 1921
Hitler confirms the party constitution 1st proclaimed in 1921
The Beobachter resumes publication
Published with an editorial written by Hitler, "a new beginning". Hitler confirms the party constitution 1st proclaimed in 1921
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Relaunches the NSDAP at a rally in Munich
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Opens the NSDAP meeting
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Holds a meeting at the Burgerbraukellar, 3,000 attend & 2,000 are turned away
Attends the rally & at the end unites with the NSDAP
Stresemann treats improved western security and Germany's admission to the League as connected diplomatic objectives.
Stresemann accepts the principle of guaranteeing Germany's western frontiers while avoiding a comparable territorial guarantee in the east.
Renounces Austrian citizenship
Brunswick makes Hitler a German citizen on the eve of the Presidential election. Avoids deportation from Germany by becoming "staatenlos",
Brunswick makes Hitler a German citizen on the eve of the Presidential election
Appointed President of Germany, 1st term
Germany favors arbitration treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia rather than guaranteeing its eastern frontiers.
Publication of "Mein Kampf", Volume I
Publication of "Mein Kampf", Volume I
Luther's government authorizes participation in the conference intended to convert the security proposals into formal agreements.
Luther arrives with Stresemann and the German delegation for the security conference in Locarno.
Stresemann presents Germany's security priorities as the conference begins formal negotiations.
Germany's security proposals culminate in the Locarno treaties.
Luther leads the German government delegation with Stresemann as the Locarno Conference opens.
Germany's security pact proposals result in the Locarno treaties.
Seven agreements are negotiated at Locarno during October 1925.
Luther holds an informal discussion with Briand at nearby Ascona during the Locarno negotiations.
Article One guarantees the territorial status quo on Germany's frontiers with France and Belgium.
Article Three requires unresolved German disputes with France and Belgium to be settled through peaceful procedures.
The main pact guarantees observance of Versailles Articles 42 and 43 governing the demilitarized Rhineland.
Stresemann accepts a treaty guaranteeing Germany's existing western boundaries with France and Belgium.
Germany accepts that the Locarno guarantee also covers the Versailles provisions governing the demilitarized Rhineland.
Stresemann agrees to a separate Czechoslovak dispute procedure based on conciliation and adjudication without guaranteeing the eastern frontier.
Stresemann accepts compulsory peaceful procedures for disputes with France and Belgium that diplomacy cannot settle.
The German delegation accepts a bilateral mechanism sending unresolved Polish-German legal disputes to arbitration or judicial settlement.
Disputes involving conflicting claims of legal rights are to be submitted for judicial decision.
The pact permits legitimate defence against aggression or an immediately dangerous flagrant breach of the Rhineland demilitarization clauses.
Locarno helps clear the diplomatic path for Germany's eventual admission to the League of Nations.
Luther joins the other delegates in initialling the final protocol that links the Locarno agreements together.
Stresemann initials the final protocol and accepts the package of western guarantees and arbitration agreements.
Death of Adolf Wild von Hohenborn
Luther supports linking the settlement with terms acceptable to Germany as a future League member.
Stresemann and Briand negotiate the balance between French security and Germany's return to diplomatic equality.
Stresemann discusses with Chamberlain how Britain can guarantee the western settlement without guaranteeing Germany's eastern borders.
Directs Variete, released in English as Variety.
The Reichstag approves the Locarno treaties, allowing the German government to proceed toward ratification.
Awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal for relativity and contributions to quantum theory.
Hindenburg reviews the Locarno settlement as the government prepares the agreements for parliamentary approval.
Stresemann signs the Locarno agreements in London at the formal ceremony on 1 December 1925.
The Locarno agreements are formally signed in London.
Publication of "Mein Kampf", official publication date
Publication of "Mein Kampf", official publication date
Publication of "Mein Kampf", official publication date
Belgium and Germany establish their own Locarno arbitration procedure.
Locarno leaves the German-Belgian boundary fixed on the Versailles line.
The Belgian element of Locarno binds Germany against initiating war on Belgium, apart from self-defence.
Britain assumes responsibility for guaranteeing the Rhineland security arrangement.
Appointed Business Manager of the Rhineland-North Gau
Appointed Chief of Army Training by General Hans von Seeckt
A further treaty provides arbitration for disputes between Germany and Czechoslovakia.
The Rhineland Pact confirms the demilitarized zone attached to Germany's western settlement.
Appointed Gauleiter of the Southern Rhineland district and editor of a virulently anti-Semitic Nazi newspaper, the Westdeutsche Beobachter
Wins 8 million votes
Wins 13.7 million votes to Hindenburgs 14.6 million. Stands as President but defeated by Hindenburg
Stands as President but is defeated by Hindenburg, wins 1.9 million votes
Germany, France and Belgium accept non-aggression obligations while Britain and Italy become guarantors of the western settlement.
Britain and Italy may intervene without waiting for a League ruling after a flagrant treaty breach.
Germany accepts arbitration agreements with France and Belgium and arbitration treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia.
A separate convention creates an arbitration route for German disputes with France.
Germany accepts the Versailles-defined western boundary with France within the Rhineland settlement.
France receives a parallel German undertaking at Locarno limiting resort to war to defensive circumstances.
Appointed Gauleiter of Lower Bavaria
Appointed Gauleiter of the Southern Rhineland district and editor of a virulently anti-Semitic Nazi newspaper, the Westdeutsche Beobachter
Appointed Party Gauleiter by Hitler
Germany agrees not to attack France or Belgium except in the limited circumstances allowed by the Rhineland Pact.
Joins the administrative council of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Italy joins the external guarantee mechanism backing the Rhineland Pact.
The League Council is required to rule on alleged breaches of the guarantee treaty.
The League Council is central to investigating breaches and recommending action under the mutual guarantee system.
The pact defines how the League Council and guarantor powers should respond to treaty violations.
Publication of "Mein Kampf", 1st part is dictated to Rudolf Hess in Landau prison
The Locarno settlement includes the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee.
Joins the Thuringian Nazi Party, after serving a prison sentence for murder
Locarno arbitration arrangements allow disputes to be referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice.
Polish-German disputes are placed under an arbitration treaty.
Appointed President of Germany, acting
Appointed Propaganda Leader of the Nazis
Engages critically with the emerging matrix and wave formulations of quantum mechanics.
Appointed Reichsfiuhrer-SS
The Treaty of Mutual Guarantee becomes widely known as the Rhineland Pact.
The western settlement guarantees the Franco-German and Belgian-German frontiers and the Rhineland demilitarized zone.
Publishes further work on the quantum theory of the ideal monatomic gas.
The mutual guarantee settlement permits force only in legitimate self-defence.
The Locarno settlement consists of seven negotiated agreements.
Jodl begins extended staff service with the 7th Bavarian Division in Munich.
Tours Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, giving lectures and meeting scientific and civic audiences.
The Stabswache is renamed as the Schutzstaffel, abbreviated SS
The Stabswache is renamed as the Schutzstaffel, abbreviated SS
Directs Die freudlose Gasse, known in English as The Joyless Street.
The Locarno settlement confirms the continuing force of Versailles Articles 42 and 43 concerning the demilitarized Rhineland.
Locarno confirms Germany's western frontiers created by the Versailles settlement.
The Beobachter resumes publication
Appointed Gauleiter of the Southern Rhineland district and editor of a virulently anti-Semitic Nazi newspaper, the Westdeutsche Beobachter
The settlement guarantees Germany's western boundaries with France and Belgium as fixed under the Versailles system.
Advances proposals for a western European security pact.
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