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1925 in Germany — Page 3

Explore 127 historical events and records for Germany in 1925.

Historical records for Germany in 1925

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Czechoslovak Arbitration Treaty

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

A further treaty provides arbitration for disputes between Germany and Czechoslovakia.

Death of Gottlob Frege

Frege, Gottlob · Bad Kleinen · Philosopher · Humanities / Philosophy

Gottlob Frege dies in Bad Kleinen.

Demilitarized Zone

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

The Rhineland Pact confirms the demilitarized zone attached to Germany's western settlement.

Discovery of Rhenium

Noddack, Walter · Berlin · Chemist · Science / Chemistry

Co-discovers rhenium by X-ray spectroscopy and chemical separation, filling one of the remaining gaps in the periodic table among the transition metals.

Editor

Ley, Robert · Editor · Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Gauleiter of the Southern Rhineland district and editor of a virulently anti-Semitic Nazi newspaper, the Westdeutsche Beobachter

Einstein Extends Radiation Duality Analogy to Matter

Einstein, Albert · Berlin · Physicist · Science / Physics

Einstein drew an analogy between the wave-particle duality he had identified for radiation and the emerging wave description of material particles, reinforcing the broader quantum duality concept.

Election

Braun, Otto · Politics / SPD.

Wins 8 million votes

Election

Marx, Wihelm · President of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Wins 13.7 million votes to Hindenburgs 14.6 million. Stands as President but defeated by Hindenburg

Election

Thalman, Ernst · President of Germany · Politics / Communist Party

Stands as President but is defeated by Hindenburg, wins 1.9 million votes

Five-Power Mutual Guarantee

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Germany, France and Belgium accept non-aggression obligations while Britain and Italy become guarantors of the western settlement.

Flagrant Breach Guarantee

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Britain and Italy may intervene without waiting for a League ruling after a flagrant treaty breach.

Four Arbitration Agreements

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Germany accepts arbitration agreements with France and Belgium and arbitration treaties with Poland and Czechoslovakia.

Frankfurt Habilitation

Horkheimer, Max · Frankfurt · Lecturer · Humanities / Philosophy

Horkheimer completes his habilitation and begins teaching at Frankfurt.

French Arbitration Convention

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

A separate convention creates an arbitration route for German disputes with France.

French Frontier Confirmed

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Germany accepts the Versailles-defined western boundary with France within the Rhineland settlement.

French Non-Aggression

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

France receives a parallel German undertaking at Locarno limiting resort to war to defensive circumstances.

Gauleiter

Himmler, Heinrich · Bavaria · Gauleiter-Bavaria Lower · Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Gauleiter of Lower Bavaria

Gauleiter

Ley, Robert · Gauleiter · Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Gauleiter of the Southern Rhineland district and editor of a virulently anti-Semitic Nazi newspaper, the Westdeutsche Beobachter

Gauleiter

Streicher, Julius · Gauleiter · Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Party Gauleiter by Hitler

German French Belgian Non-Aggression

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Germany agrees not to attack France or Belgium except in the limited circumstances allowed by the Rhineland Pact.

Italian Guarantee

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Italy joins the external guarantee mechanism backing the Rhineland Pact.

League Council Role

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

The League Council is required to rule on alleged breaches of the guarantee treaty.

League Enforcement Mechanism

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Warfare / League of Nations

The League Council is central to investigating breaches and recommending action under the mutual guarantee system.

Locarno Breach Procedure

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

The pact defines how the League Council and guarantor powers should respond to treaty violations.

Mein Kampf

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

Publication of "Mein Kampf", 1st part is dictated to Rudolf Hess in Landau prison

Mutual Guarantee Treaty

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

The Locarno settlement includes the Treaty of Mutual Guarantee.

Nobel Prize

Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf · Stockholm · Chemist · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for demonstrating the heterogeneous nature of colloidal solutions and developing methods fundamental to modern colloid chemistry.

NSDAP

Bormann, Martin · Member of NSDAP · Politics / NSDAP

Joins the Thuringian Nazi Party, after serving a prison sentence for murder

Permanent Court Referral

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Locarno arbitration arrangements allow disputes to be referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice.

Polish Arbitration Treaty

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

Polish-German disputes are placed under an arbitration treaty.

President of Germany

Simons, Walter · President of Germany · Government / Government of Germany

Appointed President of Germany, acting

Propaganda

Himmler, Heinrich · Leader Propaganda · Politics / NSDAP

Appointed Propaganda Leader of the Nazis

Reichsfuhrer

Schreck, Julius · Reichsfuhrer · Warfare / Military

Appointed Reichsfiuhrer-SS

Rhineland Pact

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

The Treaty of Mutual Guarantee becomes widely known as the Rhineland Pact.

Rhineland Status Quo Guarantee

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

The western settlement guarantees the Franco-German and Belgian-German frontiers and the Rhineland demilitarized zone.

Self Defence Exception

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

The mutual guarantee settlement permits force only in legitimate self-defence.

Seven Locarno Agreements

Stresemann, Gustav · Locarno · Foreign Minister of Germany · Government / Weimar Republic

The Locarno settlement consists of seven negotiated agreements.

Seventh Bavarian Division Staff Service

Jodl, Alfred · Munich · Staff Officer · Warfare / Military

Jodl begins extended staff service with the 7th Bavarian Division in Munich.

SS

Hitler, Adolf · Chairman of NSDAP · Politics / NSDAP

The Stabswache is renamed as the Schutzstaffel, abbreviated SS

Stabswache

Hitler, Adolf · Chairman of NSDAP · Politics / NSDAP

The Stabswache is renamed as the Schutzstaffel, abbreviated SS

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