December 1920
1 December
Hamburg and Lippe-Detmold adopt their new constitutions.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 123]
4 - 7 December
At the Unification Congress in Berlin, the left wing of the USPD joins the KPD. Prior to unification, the KPD had approximately 80,000 members; by summer 1921, it already has 450,000 members. Paul Levi is elected chairman.
[Winkler, p. 149]
14 December
The film “Anna Boleyn” with Emil Jannings premiers in the Ufa-Palast.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 125]
22 December
The Königs Wusterhausen long-wave radio station, owned by the postal service, broadcasts a concerto for the first time.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 126]
26 December
Member of the Reichstag and Head of the Free Labor Unions Carl Legien dies in Berlin.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 126]
31 December
The size of the German army is reduced to 100,000 men.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 127]