In this version of the timeline, each entry is self-contained on its own page. This allows teachers in our network to add individual timeline items to their Educator Paths.
Pre-Weimar Events of Note:
- 1914 - The Beginning of World War One
- 1914 - US and German Trade
- 1915 - Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
- 1917 - The Russian Revolution
- 1918 - Abdication of the Kaiser
- 1918 - The End of World War One / November Criminals
- 1919 - Germany Signs the Treaty of Versailles
- 1919 - Sparticist Revolution
The Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
- 1919 - Weimar Established
- 1920 - Berlin Kapp Putsch
- 1920 - Founding of the Nazi Party
- 1920 - Otto Braun, Prussian Prime Minister
- 1920 - Paul Whitman Band Brings American Jazz to Germany
- 1921 - Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- 1922 - Founding of Hitler Youth
- 1922 - Leo Baeck Elected President of Rabbi Association
- 1922 - Walter Rathenau Assassinated
- 1923 - Berlin Riots on Hyperinflation
- 1923 - Dawes Plan
- 1923 - Hyper-Inflation at its Highest
- 1923 - Kurt Tucholsky Attacks Judges Verdicts in Terrorism Cases
- 1923 - Munich Beer Hall Putsch
- 1924 - Bauhaus School is Moved to Dessau
- 1925 - Friedrich Ebert Dies Before Re-election
- 1925 - Hindenburg Becomes President
- 1926 - "Black Reichswehr" Investigation
- 1926 - "Metropolis" Opens in Germany
- 1926 - Germany Joins the League of Nations
- 1927 - Founding of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
- 1928 - Kellog-Briand-Stresemann Pact
- 1928 - The Young Plan
- 1929 - "Berlin Stories" by Christopher Isherwood (1940)
- 1929 - George Grosz On Trial For Blasphemy
- 1929 - Joachim Hossenfelder Joins the Nazi Party
- 1929 - Nazis Protest Opening of "All's Quiet on the Western Front"
- 1929 - Ruth Fisher Loses Leadership Position in German Communist Party
- 1929 - U.S.: Wall Street Crash
- 1930 - Max Schmelling Wins Heavyweight Title
- 1931 - Father Lichtenberg assigned to Berlin Cathedral
- 1932 - 5 million unemployed
- 1932 - Elections
- 1932 - Martin Albertz Attacks the German Christian Movement
- 1933 - Hitler named the last Weimar Chancellor
- 1933 - Weimar Republic Destroyed