Timeline of the Weimar Republic
January 1927
- Fritz Lang’s film “Metropolis” is released
- Formation of the “Bürgerblock Regierung” (“bourgeois bloc administration”) under Marx
- The international military commission is withdrawn from Germany
February 1927
- First transatlantic radio telephone call
- Westarp (DNVP) refuses to officially affirm support for the form of government
- Negotiations on a trade agreement between Poland and Germany fail again
March 1927
- Alfred Hugenberg becomes chairman of the supervisory board of UFA
- Halle-Leipzig airport is opened
April 1927
- Alfred Hugenberg wird Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender der Ufa
- Der Flughafen Halle-Leipzig wird eröffnet
May 1927
- Publication of Bertolt Brecht’s “Drums in the Night”
- “Nürburgring” race track is opened
June 1927
- Hitler meets with heavy industrialist Kirdorf
- The unemployment insurance act is adopted by the Reichstag
July 1927
- Defense Minister Otto Geßler announces a new flag ordinance
- Conclusion of the Franco-German trade agreement
August 1927
- Stresemann refuses to acknowledge the German-Polish border before the League of Nations.
- Opening of the Tannenberg Memorial by Reichspräsident Hindenburg
September 1927
- Stresemann refuses to acknowledge the German-Polish border before the League of Nations.
- Opening of the Tannenberg Memorial by Reichspräsident Hindenburg
October 1927
- Publication of Arnold Zweig’s novel “The Case of Sergeant Grischa”
- Carl von Ossietzky assumes management of the “Weltbühne”
November 1927
- The number of students rises to over 100,000
- Publication of the book “Die Jugenderinnerungen des Kaisers”
December 1927
- Ludwig Quidde receives the Nobel Peace Prize, Heinrich Wieland the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Stresemann refuses once again to acknowledge the Polish border