January 1921
2 January
Former Reichskanzler Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg dies at his estate in Hohenfinow.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 128]
4 January
The German Aero Lloyd establishes a daily airmail service between Hamburg, Magdeburg, and Wroclaw. The German Air Shipping Company (Deutsche Luft-Reederei) also establishes service between Berlin and Munich.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 128]
7 January
The Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg adopts a new constitution.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 128]
18 January
Reichspräsident Friedrich Ebert and the head of the Reichswehr mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the German Reich.
[Overesch/Saal, p. 131]
24-29 January
The Paris Conference sets the total sum that Germany is to pay in reparations at 226 billion goldmarks. This amount must be paid off within 42 years. The Treaty of Versailles did not set out the amount and duration of reparation payments in greater detail.
[Kolb, p. 351]