Birth of Hans Modrow
Birth of Hans Modrow
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1928 in Germany
Explore 43 historical events and records for Germany in 1928.
Historical records for Germany in 1928
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January
March
Spies
Directs Spione, released in English as Spies.
May
Election
The Nazi party wins 12 of the 491 Reichstag seats. The Nazi Party polls 810,000 votes out of 31 million cast, 2.5%
Election
The SDP win 153 seats, short of a majority
NSDAP
Hitler speaking ban lifted in Bavaria
June
Resignation of Wihelm Marx
Marxs 4th cabinet leaves office
Chancellor
Appointed Chancellor
July
Enigma Machine
Sees the German Army introduce Enigma for military communications.
September
NSDAP
The NSDAP speeking ban in Prussia is lifted
October
Armament
A referendum to stop the construction of new battleships is defeated
Referendum
A referendum to stop the construction of new battleships is defeated
Referendum
A referendum to stop the construction of new battleships is defeated
November
Rally
Makes on open air speech in Berlin
Other events (month unknown)
Admiral
Appointed Admiral
Alliance Rudolph Hess and Fritz Thyssen
Succeeds in raising funds from Fritz Thyssen
Armament
Germany circumvents the Versailles Treaty by using pocket Battle ships & submarines
Birth of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Birth of Karlheinz Stockhausen
Contributions to Phenomenological Marxism
Marcuse published work seeking to connect Marxist historical materialism with phenomenological approaches to lived experience.
Election
Epp becomes a member of the German Parliament, the Reichstag, for the NSDAP after leaving the BVP
Election
Elected to the Prussian Landtag
Field Electron Emission Theory
With Ralph Fowler, explains strong-field electron emission from metals using quantum tunnelling.
Freiburg Chair
Heidegger succeeds Edmund Husserl in the philosophy chair at Freiburg.
Head of Ministeramt
Liaises between the armed services & other ministries. Appointed Head of the Ministeramt within the Ministry of Defence
Kellogg Briand Signing
Signs the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
LAfricana
Publication of "LAfricana"
Minister of Finance
Appointed Minister of Finance, 2nd term
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on the constitution of sterols and their relationship to vitamins.
Pact between Kellogg-Briand Signatory Nations
Signs the Kellog-Briand Pact
Party Leader
Stalin launches a new "leftist" policy, which the KPD loyally follows, the so-called 3rd Period policy holds that capitalism is entering a deep crisis and the time for a revolution was approaching, the SPD are denounced as "social fascists"
Quantum Free-Electron Model
Applies Fermi-Dirac statistics to conduction electrons in metals, improving the classical Drude model.
Quantum Theory Research
Develops applications of quantum mechanics to atomic, molecular and solid-state physics in Leipzig.
Reform of Government
Puts Schleicher in charge of the Ministry Bureau for relations with the media
Reichstag
Appointed Member of Reichstag
Reichstag
Appointed Spokesman for the Lufthansa, with a fee of 1,000 Marks a month. Appointed Member of Reichstag, 1 of 12 Nazis
Reichstag
Appointedmber of the Reichstag for the Communist Party
Reparations
The Young Plan, a prominent US financier works to fashion a precise new German reparations formula to replace the Dawes Plan
Secretary of State for Defence
Appoints Schleicher as right hand man in the Ministry of Defence
Signs the Kellog-Briand Pact
Signs the Kellog-Briand Pact
Social Fascists
Stalin launches a new "leftist" policy, which the KPD loyally follows, the so-called 3rd Period policy holds that capitalism is entering a deep crisis and the time for a revolution was approaching, the SPD are denounced as "social fascists"
Studies with Martin Heidegger
Marcuse returned to Freiburg to study philosophy with Martin Heidegger and explore the relationship between phenomenology and Marxism.
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