Timeline of the Weimar Republic
January 1932
- Brüning plans to extend the Reichspräsident’s term of office
- A decree by Defence Minister Groener allows NSDAP members to join the Reichswehr
February 1932
- The number of unemployed persons rises to over 6 Million
- Start of the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva
- Première of Gerhart Hauptmann’s drama “Before Sundown”
March 1932
- The flying ship “Graf Zeppelin” begins regular transport service to South America
- Première of the film “The Blue Light” by Leni Riefenstahl
- The play “Kuhle Wampe” by Slatan Dudow and Bertolt Brecht is banned
April 1932
- Paul von Hindenburg wins the second ballot to become Reichspräsident again
- The SA and SS are banned
- The NSDAP is the largest parliamentary group in numerous federal state elections
May 1932
- Minister of the Interior and Defence Groener resigns from both Offices
- Brüning’s cabinet steps down
June 1932
- Franz von Papen wird Reichskanzler
- Reichspräsident Hindenburg löst den Reichstag auf
- Die Reichsregierung erhält täglich eine halbe Stunde Rundfunkzeit
- Aufhebung des SA-Verbots
- Deutschland wird von den Zahlungsverpflichtungen bei der Konferenz von Lausanne entbunden
July 1932
- Reichsregierung und der Reichspräsident verhängen die Reichsexekution über Preußen
- Bei der Reichstagswahl wird die NSDAP mit Abstand stärkste Fraktion
August 1932
- First section of the freeway between Cologne and Bonn is opened
- Exploratory talks between Hindenburg, Papen and Hitler are inconclusive
September 1932
- The Reich government enacts two emergency decrees with the aim of strengthening the economy
- A procedural irregularity highlights the lack of support for the Papen government in the Reichstag
- The Reich government ends its participation in the World Disarmament Conference
- The Bauhaus is forced to move from Dessau to Berlin
October 1932
- The number of unemployed people is over 5 Million
- The Reichsgericht declares the “Preußenschlag” (“Prussian Coup”) partially legal
November 1932
- The NSDAP incurs significant losses in the Reichstag elections
- Reichskanzler Papen resigns
December 1932
- Hindenburg appoints Kurt von Schleicher as new Reichskanzler
- Gregor Strasser resigns from all his party posts in the NSDAP
- Werner Heisenberg receives the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Five-Power Declaration on disarmament policy