Timeline of the Weimar Republic
January 1926
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG is founded
- Josephine Baker performs in Berlin
- Another bourgeois minority government is formed under Reichskanzler Luther
February 1926
- The Reich government led by Luther applies to join the League of Nations
- “Führertagung der NSDAP” (Conference of the leadership of the Nazi Party) takes place in Bamberg
- Rally of the Reichsbanner takes place in Hamburg
March 1926
- Council of the League of Nations conducts negotiations on admitting Germany to the League
- Negotiations are adjourned until fall
April 1926
- August Karolus succeeds in transmitting images wirelessly
- The Treaty of Berlin with the Soviet Union is ratified
May 1926
- A petition is initiated by the KPD and the SPD for a referendum on expropriation of the former German Princes
- Controversial flag ordinance is enacted
- Division for Fine Poetry is established at the Prussian Academy of Arts
- Luther’s cabinet steps down
- A new bourgeois minority cabinet is formed under Marx
June 1926
- The referendum on the expropriation of the former German princes Fails
- Daimler Benz AG is founded.
July 1926
- NSDAP “Reichsparteitag” Party Congress is held in Weimar
- Architectural collective “Der Ring” with Walter Gropius is founded
August 1926
- A trade agreement is concluded between France and Germany
- Marx government once again pursues Germany’s admission to the League of Nations
September 1926
- A radio tower measuring 138 meters is inaugurated in Berlin
- The German Reich becomes a member of the League of Nations
- Talks take place between Stresemann and Briand in Thoiry
October 1926
- Seeckt is forced to step down as Head of the Heeresleitung (Army Command)
- Première of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s film “Faust”
- Première of Frank Wedekind’s “Lulu”
November 1926
- Joseph Goebbels is appointed as Gauleiter (NSDAP district leader) for the Berlin-Brandenburg section
- Marx cabinet goes through a government crisis
- The Reich government and the SPD agree on the unemployment insurance act
December 1926
- The Bauhaus is re-established in Dessau
- Briand and Stresemann receive the Nobel Peace Prize
- Scheidemann discloses the secret armament of the Reichswehr
- Motion of no confidence by the SPD overthrows the Reich government