Timeline of the Weimar Republic

January 1924
- The “Großdeutsche Volksgemeinschaft” (“Greater German People’s Community”) and the “Völkische Block” are established.
- Franz-Josef Heinz is shot dead
- Committee of Experts with Charles G. Dawes starts its work

February 1924
- The film “The Nibelungs” Premiers
- Kahr and Lossow resign from their posts in Bavaria
- Formation of the “Black, Red, Gold Banner of the Reich”
- Beginning of Adolf Hitler's Trial
- Friedrich Ebert ends the state of military emergency

March 1924
- KPD and NSDAP are legal parties again at Reich Level
- Friedrich Ebert dissolves the Reichstag
- Formation of the “Alliance of Red Front-Fighters”

April 1924
- Urteilssprechung zum Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch
- Die Reichsregierung Marx nimmt den Dawes-Plan an

May 1924
- Daimler and Benz merge to form a syndicate
- Gains in the Reichstag elections for right-wing and left-wing parties
- The American president approves a loan for Germany

June 1924
- Carl von Ossietzky is made editor of the “Tage-Buch”
- The new Marx government is sworn in
- The “Rote Gruppe” (“Red Group”), which includes George Grosz and John Heartfield, introduces itself to the public

July 1924
- Formation of the Held (BVP) government in Bavaria
- The Bayreuth Wagner Festival is reopened
- Start of the London Conference on the Dawes Plan

August 1924
- John Heartfield exhibits his first photomontage
- The Dawes Plan is adopted by the Reichstag

September 1924
- The Dawes Plan enters into force
- Première of Ernst Barlach’s drama “The Flood”
- Marx’s government resolves to join the League of Nations soon

October 1924
- The Reichsmark is introduced
- Friedrich Ebert dissolves the Reichstag

November 1924
- Mayor Philipp Scheidemann loses the elections in Kassel
- Publication of “The Magic Mountain” by Thomas Mann is announced

December 1924
- Höchstes Profangebäude Europas wird in Köln fertiggestellt
- Eröffnung der ersten Funkausstellung in Berlin
- Die Reichstagswahl bringt Gewinne für die demokratischen Parteien
- Adolf Hitler wird vorzeitig aus der Haft entlassen
- Urteilsspruch im Magdeburger Beleidigungsprozess