Timeline of the Weimar Republic
January 1925
- The Allies refuse to evacuate Cologne on 10 January 1925
- The government under Hans Luther is sworn in
February 1925
- Stresemann sends a memorandum on the European security issue to France
- Re-establishment of the NSDAP
- Death of Reichspräsident Friedrich Ebert
March 1925
- Friedrich Ebert’s funeral Service
- Walter Simons is appointed acting Reichspräsident.
- Publication of Lion Feuchtwanger’s book “Jud Süß”
- First round of the Reichspräsident elections
April 1925
- The Bauhaus moves from Weimar to Dessau
- Paul von Hindenburg is elected Reichspräsident in the second ballot.
May 1925
- The German Museum is opened
- Paul von Hindenburg is sworn in as Reichspräsident
June 1925
- The Allies send a “disarmament note” to Germany
- The “Neue Sachlichkeit” (“New Objectivity”) exhibition is opened
- The Austrian-German People’s Association is founded
July 1925
- The last remaining Belgian and French troops vacate the Ruhr valley
- The Reichstag adopts the emergency budget for the year 1925
August 1925
- Signing of the Franco-German Border Treaty
- Withdrawal of French and Belgian troops from Düsseldorf, Duisburg, and Ruhrort
- Paul Löbe pushes for the union of Austria and Germany
September 1925
- Stresemann writes a controversial letter to the Crown Prince
- “Liberation celebrations” in the Ruhr Valley attended by Reichspräsident Hindenburg
October 1925
- Locarno Conference
- German-Soviet Economic Agreement is signed
- Première of Klaus Mann’s drama “Anja and Esther”
- The DNVP leaves the Luther government
November 1925
- Première of the film “Variety” starring Emil Jannings
- The Locarno Treaty is ratified by the Reichstag
- French and Belgian troops begin vacating the city of Cologne
December 1925
- The Locarno Treaty is signed in London
- James Franck, Gustav Hertz and Richard Zsigmondy receive Nobel Prizes
- The “Capitol” cinema opens in Berlin
