Spartacist uprising. The Spartacist League hold an uprising in Berlin. Leaders include Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. The Freikorps suppress the rebellion.
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Febuary-June 1919
Wiemar constitution established.The first Assembly of the Weimar Republic is established and drafts the Constitution. Friedrich Ebert is elected President.
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28th July 1919
Treaty of Versailles. Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles - the peace treaty that ends the First World War. Ebert the German Prime minister and others who signed the treaty are known as 'the November Criminals'.
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13th March 1920
Kapp Putsch. A revolt in Berlin led by Wolfgang Kapp supported by the Freikorps. A strike brings the Putsch to an end.
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11th January 1923
French and Belgian troops occupy the Ruhr industrial region as Germany had stopped paying reparations.
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13th August 1923
Stressman becomes chancellor and foreign minister.
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8th November 1923
Munich putsch.The Nazis attempt a failed putsch in Munich. Hitler is sent to Landsberg prison for his role in it.
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1924-1929
Golden twenties
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August 1924
Dawes plan. The agreement helps Germany with its reparations.
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16th October 1925
Locarno pact.Germany agrees to the border set out in the Treaty of Versailles.
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8th September 1926
Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. This had been prohibited under the Treaty of Versailles.
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27th August 1928
Kellogg-Briand pact. The Kellogg-Briand Pact binds nations into an agreement not to use war as a method of solving disputes.
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31st August 1929
Young plan agreed. The Young Plan significantly reduces German reparations and gives Germany longer to pay them.
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3rd October 1929
Stressman the Chancellor and Foreign Minister who helped the Weimar Republic recover, dies of a stroke..
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29th October 1932
The US Stock market crashes triggering events that lead to the Great Depression in the 1930s.
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30th January 1933
Hitler is appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg.
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27th February 1933
Fire rips through the Reichstag building and Dutch Communist Van der Lubbe is arrested and executed for starting it.
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28th February 1933
Communist parties banned.The Nazis use the fire to pass a decree banning the Communist Party and suspending some civil liberties.
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23rd March 1933
Enabling law. The Enabling Act gives Hitler complete authority in Germany. He can pass laws without going through the Reichstag.
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20th July 1933
Concordat signed. The Nazis and Catholic Church sign an agreement to leave each other alone.
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30th June 1934
Night of the long knives. Hitler removes enemies of the party through a purge of critics. Victims include Ernst Röhm (the Head of the SA) and other leading Nazis.
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2nd August 1934
President Hindenburg dies. Hitler combines the chancellor and president role to become fuhrer.
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15th September 1935
Nuremberg laws.The Nazis pass the Nuremberg Laws which restrict freedoms for Jews and seek to define a Jew.
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Summer 1936
Berlin Olympics. Berlin stages the Olympic Games which become a propaganda tool. Hitler is embarrassed when US Athlete Jesse Owens wins Gold.
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9th November 1938
Kristillnacht. A night of violence across Germany against Jews. ** members riot and destroy synagogues and Jewish businesses.
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1st September 1939
Second world war starts. Germany invades Poland under the terms of the Nazi Soviet Pact. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.
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1923
Hyperinflation. Prices begin to rise rapidly made worse by the printing of money to pay striking workers in the Ruhr. The Reichsmark becomes worthless.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Wiemar constitution established.The first Assembly of the Weimar Republic is established and drafts the Constitution. Friedrich Ebert is elected President.
Back
Febuary-June 1919
Card 3
Front
Treaty of Versailles. Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles - the peace treaty that ends the First World War. Ebert the German Prime minister and others who signed the treaty are known as 'the November Criminals'.
Back
Card 4
Front
Kapp Putsch. A revolt in Berlin led by Wolfgang Kapp supported by the Freikorps. A strike brings the Putsch to an end.
Back
Card 5
Front
French and Belgian troops occupy the Ruhr industrial region as Germany had stopped paying reparations.
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