1924_in_Germany
1924 in Germany
Germany-related events during the year of 1924
The following lists events that happened during 1924 in the Weimar Republic.
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National level
- 4 January – The Emminger Reform is enacted that abolished the jury system and replaced it with a mixed system of judges and lay judges.
- 31 January – Leaders of independent republic of the Rhineland Palatinate attempting to formally secede from Germany fails from lack of support.
- 23 February – Great Britain reduces German reparation recovery duties on German goods to 5% due to Germany's economic troubles.
- 26 February – The trial of Adolf Hitler for the Beer Hall Putsch begins and will last until 1 April.
- 3 March – Germany signs a treaty of friendship with Turkey.
- 4 May – German federal election, May 1924
- 26 May – Wilhelm Marx's government resigns after negotiations break down for a coalition.
- 6 June – Germany accepts the Dawes Plan for the reduction of World War I reparations.
- 16 August – Representatives of the French government agree to leave the Ruhr in the Occupation of the Ruhr during the London Conference of World War I reparations.
- 29 August – The German Reichstag approves the Dawes Plan.
- 30 August – The German Reichsbank begins operating independently of the German government by issuing a new mark after the hyperinflation completely devaluates the old mark.
- 10 October – An international loan is granted to Germany to help the reconstruction of Germany's economy and industry.
- 18–30 November – France and Belgium return control of the Ruhr to Germany in the Occupation of the Ruhr.
- 7 December – German federal election, December 1924
- German company Hugo Boss was founded.
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Arts and literature
- Thomas Mann's novel Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) is published.
- Kurt Hielscher's photographic album Deutschland: Baukunst und Landschaft (Germany: Architecture and Landscapes) is published.
- Forbidden Paradise, starring Pola Negri, Rod La Rocque, and Adolphe Menjou, is released by director Ernst Lubitsch.
- The Last Laugh, starring Emil Jannings, is released by director F.W. Murnau.
- Waxworks, starring William Dieterle, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, and Werner Krauss, is released by director Paul Leni.
- The opera Intermezzo is first performed by Richard Strauss in Dresden, Germany.
- Artist Kurt Schwitters creates the Merz 32 collage.
- Die Häschenschule a children's book written by Albert Sixtus and illustrated by Fritz Koch-Gotha is published.
Sports
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- 3 January – Otto Beisheim, German businessman (died 2013)
- 4 January – Marianne Werner, German athlete (died 2023)
- 15 January – Georg Ratzinger, German priest and conductor (died 2020)[1]
- 3 February – Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, German nobleman (died 2010)
- 12 February – Karl-Heinz Kipp, German entrepreneur (died 2017)
- 4 March – Gert Boyle, German-born American businesswoman (died 2019)
- 11 March – Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist (died 2014)
- 15 March – Walter Gotell, German actor (died 1997)
- 27 March – Herbert Zangs, German artist (died 2003)
- 8 April – Günter Pfitzmann, German actor (died 2003)
- 10 April – Wolfgang Menge, German television director and journalist (died 2012)
- 23 April – Ruth Leuwerik, German film actress (died 2016)
- 3 May – Yehuda Amichai, German-born Israeli poet (died 2000)
- 4 May – Hans-Günther Thalheim, German Germanist and linguist (died 2018)
- 12 May – Jürgen Dethloff, German engineer (died 2002)
- 14 May – Coco Schumann, jazz musician (died 2018)
- 23 May – Karlheinz Deschner, German writer (died 2014)
- 31 May – Gisela May, German actress and singer (died 2016)
- 3 June – Günther Rühle, German theatre critic (died 2021)
- 4 June – Heinz Westphal, German politician (died 1998)
- 10 June – Friedrich L. Bauer, German computer scientist (died 2015)
- 19 June – Anneliese Rothenberger, German operatic soprano (died 2010)
- 20 June – Rainer Barzel, German politician (died 2006)
- 5 July – Niels Jannasch, German-born Canadian historian and museum curator (died 2001)
- 25 July – Arnold Weiss, German-born American soldier (died 2010)
- 15 August – Werner Abrolat, German actor (died 1997)
- 16 August – Ralf Bendix, German Schlager singer, music producer, composer and songwriter (died 2014)
- 18 August – Armin, Prince of Lippe, German nobleman (died 2015)
- 2 September – Wolfgang Zeidler, German judge (died 1987)
- 4 September – Helmut Schlesinger, German economist
- 15 October – Marguerite Andersen, German-Canadian author and educator (died 2022)
- 6 November – Jeanette Schmid, Czech-born entertainer (died 2005)
- 18 November – Elfie Pertramer, German actress (died 2011)
- 30 November – Otto Kaiser, German biblical scholar (died 2017)
- 6 December
- Harald Heckmann, German musicologist (died 2023)
- Meinrad Miltenberger, German canoeist (died 1993)
- 11 December – Heinz Schenk, German actor and television presenter (died 2014)
- 15 December – Esther Béjarano, German member of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz (died 2021)
- 20 January – Franz Dibelius, German Protestant theologian (born 1847)
- 27 February – Hans Georg Friedrich Groß, German balloonist and airship constructor (born 1860)
- 20 March – Adolf von Scholz, German politician (born 1833)
- 10 April – Hugo Stinnes, German industrialist and politician. (born 1870)
- 23 April – Karl Helfferich, German politician (born 1872)
- 25 April – Ernst Büchner, German chemist (born 1850)
- 11 August – Franz Heinrich Schwechten, German architect (born 1841)
- 10 October – Carl von Thieme, German banker (born 1844)
- 2 December – Hugo von Seeliger, German astronomer (born 1849)