1924 in Germany
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See also: | Other events of 1924 History of Germany • Timeline • Years |
The following lists events that happened during 1924 in the Weimar Republic.
Incumbents
National level
- Wilhelm Marx (1st term) (Centre)
Events
- 4 January – The Emminger Reform is enacted that abolished the jury system and replaced it with a mixed system of judges and lay judges.
- 31 January – Leaders of independent republic of the Rhineland Palatinate attempting to formally secede from Germany fails from lack of support.
- 23 February – Great Britain reduces German reparation recovery duties on German goods to 5% due to Germany's economic troubles.
- 26 February – The trial of Adolf Hitler for the Beer Hall Putsch begins and will last until 1 April.
- 3 March – Germany signs a treaty of friendship with Turkey.
- 26 May – Wilhelm Marx's government resigns after negotiations breakdown for a coalition.
- 6 June – Germany accepts Dawes Plan, a US plan to help solve German debt.
- 16 August – Representatives of the French government agree to leave the Ruhr in the Occupation of the Ruhr during the London Conference of World War I reparations.
- 29 August – The German Reichstag approves the Dawes Plan for the reduction of World War I reparations.
- 30 August – The German Reichsbank begins operating independent of the German government by issuing a new mark after the hyperinflation completely devaluates the old mark.
- 10 October – An international loan is granted to Germany to help the reconstruction of Germany's economy and industry.
- 18–30 November – France and Belgium return control of the Ruhr to Germany in the Occupation of the Ruhr.
Dates unknown
- Anton Flettner develops the rotor ship using rotating cylinders instead of sails.
- The German firm Leitz develops the Leica camera which is the first to use 35mm film.
Popular culture
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Arts and literature
- Thomas Mann's novel Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) is published.
- Kurt Hielscher's photographic album Deutschland: Baukunst und Landschaft (Germany: Architecture and Landscapes) is published.
- Forbidden Paradise, starring Pola Negri, Rod La Rocque, and Adolphe Menjou, is released by director Ernst Lubitsch.
- The Last Laugh, starring Emil Jannings, is released by director F.W. Murnau.
- Waxworks, starring William Dieterle, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, and Werner Krauss, is released by director Paul Leni.
- The opera Intermezzo is first performed by Richard Strauss in Dresden, Germany.
- Artist Kurt Schwitters creates the Merz 32 collage.
- Die Häschenschule a children's book written by Albert Sixtus and illustrated by Fritz Koch-Gotha is published.
Sports
Births
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- 12 May – Jürgen Dethloff, German engineer (died 2002)
- 11 March – Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist (died 2014)
- 23 April – Ruth Leuwerik, German film actress (died 2016)
- 3 May – Yehuda Amichai, German-born Israeli poet (died 2000)
- 19 June – Anneliese Rothenberger, German operatic soprano (died 2010)
- 11 December – Heinz Schenk, German actor and television presenter (died 2014)
Deaths
- 10 April – Hugo Stinnes, German industrialist and politician. (born 1870)