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The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed, promising mutual non-aggression between Germany and the Soviet Union and agreeing to a division of much of Eastern Europe between those two countries. 1 September: Invasion of Poland: Germany invaded Poland. 22 December Genthin rail disaster: 1940 9 April Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark ...
Events in the year 1919 in Germany. Incumbents. National level President ... (died 1945) 22 September – Franz Peter Wirth, German film director (died 1999)
In his last will in April 1945, Hitler named Karl Dönitz president, thus briefly reviving the presidential office until just after the German surrender in May 1945. The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany established the office of Federal President (Bundespräsident), which is a chiefly ceremonial post largely devoid of political power.
24 April: Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Berlin, which guarantees Germany's neutrality in any war between the Soviet Union and a third country. [74] 12 May: The Luther government falls as a result of its support for a modified imperial flag for use at the Republic's foreign missions. [75]
The fact that a revolution by the working class in Germany never happened could be attributed to the "subjective factor", especially the absence of a "Marxist-Leninist offensive party". Contrary to the official party line, Rudolf Lindau supported the theory that the German revolution had a Socialist tendency.
In the 1950s, historians in West Germany argued that the Sonderweg led Germany to the disaster of 1933–1945. The special circumstances of German historical structures and experiences, were interpreted as preconditions that, while not directly causing National Socialism, did hamper the development of a liberal democracy and facilitate the rise ...
12 August 1919: The Weimar Constitution is announced. 12 September 1919: Adolf Hitler attends a meeting of the German Workers' Party (DAP) in the Sterneckerbräu in Munich and joins the party as its 55th member. [7] [8] In less than a week, Hitler received a postcard stating he had officially been accepted as a party member. [9]
Weimar Republic (1919–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1945, de jure only) Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949, de jure only) Ratified: 11 August 1919: Date effective: 14 August 1919: System: Federal semi-presidential republic (1919–1930) de jure till 1945 Federal authoritarian presidential republic under a Parliamentary System (1930–1933)