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1930 in Germany

Explore 59 historical events and records for Germany in 1930.

Historical records for Germany in 1930

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January

Minister of Interior

Frick, Wilhelm ยท Minister of Interior ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Appointed Minister of the Interior for Thuringia

February

People on Sunday

Siodmak, Robert ยท Berlin ยท Director ยท Arts / Cinema

Co-directs People on Sunday, a key late-Weimar film.

Death of Horst Wessel

Wessel, Horst ยท Munich ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Martyr of the Munich Beerhall putsch, mytholigised by the "Horst Wessel Lied"

March

Chancellor

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Chancellors Bruning, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships

Chancellor

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Rhineland, The ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Heinrich Bruning is appointed the successor of Chancellor Muller by Paul von Hindenburg after months of political lobbying by General Kurt von Schleicher on behalf of the military

Constitution of Germany

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Chancellors Bruning, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships.

Constitution of Germany

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

The new Government is expected to lead a political shift towards conservatism, based on the emergency powers granted to the Reichspresident by the constitution, since it had no majority support in the Reichstag.

Weimar Republic

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

The new Government is expected to lead a political shift towards conservatism, based on the emergency powers granted to the Reichspresident by the constitution, since it had no majority support in the Reichstag. Chancellors Bruning, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships

Resignation of Herman Mueller

Mueller, Herman ยท Berlin ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

resigns over unemployment insurance funding

April

The Blue Angel

Sternberg, Josef von ยท Berlin ยท Director ยท Arts / Cinema

Directs The Blue Angel, starring Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings.

June

Occupation

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Rhineland, The ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

The last Allied troops leave the Rhineland

Purge

Treviranus, Gottfried ยท Member of Reichstag ยท Politics / PCU

Escapes from his home before the SS can reach him

Weimar Republic

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Rhineland, The ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

The last Allied troops leave the Rhineland

July

NSDAP

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

A finance bill is defeated in the Reichstag with the support of the SPD, KPD, the NSDAP and DNVP, Bruning submits to the Reichstag the presidents decree that it will be dissolved

Reichstag

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

A finance bill is defeated in the Reichstag with the support of the SPD, KPD, the NSDAP and DNVP, Bruning submits to the Reichstag the presidents decree that it will be dissolved

Weimar Republic

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

A finance bill is defeated in the Reichstag with the support of the SPD, KPD, the NSDAP and DNVP, Bruning submits to the Reichstag the presidents decree that it will be dissolved

September

Election

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

After the election Bruning attempts to reform the devastated state without a majority in Parliament, governing with the help of the Presidents emergency decrees

Election

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

6.4 Million votes, 18%, 107 of 577 seats in the Reichstag go to the Nazi Party.

Election

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

And this encourages the supporters of the Nazis.

Election

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

The Nazi party becomes the 2nd largest party.

Election

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

The Reichstag general elections result in an enormous political shift, 18.3% of the vote goes to the Nazis, five times the percentage compared to 1928.

Election

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

The increased representation of the NSDAP has devastating consequences for the Republic, there was no longer a moderate majority in the Reichstag even for a Great Coalition of moderate parties.

Weimar Republic

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

After the election Bruning attempts to reform the devastated state without a majority in Parliament, governing with the help of the Presidents emergency decrees

Weimar Republic

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

The Reichstag general elections result in an enormous political shift, 18.3% of the vote goes to the Nazis, five times the percentage compared to 1928. The increased representation of the NSDAP has devastating consequences for the Republic, there was no longer a moderate majority in the Reichstag even for a Great Coalition of moderate parties, and this encourages the supporters of the Nazis

Election

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

Hitler is denied a seat because he is Austrian, not German

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Article 48

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

After an unpopular bill to reform the Reichs finances is left unsupported by the Reichstag, Hindenburg establishes the bill as an emergency decree based on Article 48 of the constitution

Barlow Palace

Troost, Paul Ludwig ยท Barlow Palace ยท Arts / Architecture

Commissioned by Hitler to build the Barlow Palace in Munich to house the new Nazi HQ

Beryllium Penetrating Radiation

Becker, Herbert ยท Giessen ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

With Walther Bothe, detects penetrating radiation from beryllium bombarded by alpha particles.

Beryllium Penetrating Radiation

Bothe, Walther ยท Giessen ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

With Herbert Becker, observes unusually penetrating radiation when alpha particles strike beryllium.

Birth of Helmut Kohl

Kohl, Helmut ยท Ludwigshafen ยท Politics / Christian Democratic Party

Birth of Helmut Kohl

Black Front

Strasser, Gregor ยท Politics / NSDAP

Establishes a "Black Front" of "Revolutionary National Socialists"

Budget

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Berlin ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Passes the Finance Bill by Presidential decree, cannot win a majority in the Reichstag

Chancellor

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Appointed Chancellor, owes position to the army & General Kurt von Schleicher

Chancellor

Mueller, Herman ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Heads a coalition of democratic parties. Appointed last Social Democratic Chancellor before the War

Commander of 4th Artillery Reg

Kesselring, Albrecht ยท Commander of 4th Artillery Reg ยท Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the 4th Artillery Regiment

Commander of Wehrkreis

Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter von ยท Commander of Wehrkreis ยท Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the Wehrkreis

Constitution of Germany

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

After an unpopular bill to reform the Reichs finances is left unsupported by the Reichstag, Hindenburg establishes the bill as an emergency decree based on Article 48 of the constitution

Director of the Institute for Social Research

Horkheimer, Max ยท Frankfurt ยท Chair of Philosophy ยท Humanities / Philosophy

Horkheimer becomes director of the Institute for Social Research and professor of social philosophy.

Economy of Germany

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Invokes article 48 to impose deflationary policies

Election

Bruening, Heinrich ยท Berlin ยท Chancellor ยท Government / Weimar Republic

Bruening is defeated & an election is called for September

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