The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

Live tweeting events from the Weimar Republic, 100 years on. #OnThisDay #Weimar100 Berlin, Germany Joined October 2018

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The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

a year ago

The Zentrum-DVP-DDP coalition which made up the pre-election government has entered into negotiations with the right-wing DNVP. With DNVP support this new coalition would have a majority in the Reichstag, but would shift the government significantly to the right. #Weimar100

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The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

a year ago

With the final election results now in, the make up of the new Reichstag is as follows SPD 100 (-86 from SPD+USPD) DNVP 95 (+24) Zentrum 65 (+1) KPD 62 (+58) DVP 45 (-20) NSFP 32 DDP 28 (-11) BVP 16 (-4) Others 29

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The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

a year ago

'A Majority for the Grand Coalition' Early election results suggest the right wing DNVP and communist KPD have made significant gains, but a grand coalition of the SPD, DDP, DVP and Zentrum would still have a majority in the new Reichstag. #Weimar100

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The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

a year ago

Chancellor Wilhelm Marx (Zentrum) waits in line to cast his vote in Berlin. #Weimar100

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a year ago

Voters across Germany head to the polls for the Reichstag election. #Weimar100

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The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

a year ago

While the NSDAP remains banned in Germany following Adolf Hitler's attempted putsch, several NSDAP members, including Erich Ludendorff and Ernst Röhm, are standing in tomorrow's Reichstag election as part of the National Socialist Freedom Party (NSFP). #Weimar100

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a year ago

At the people’s Court in Munich, Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in prison. Head of the SA Ernst Röhm is sentenced to 3 months while Erich Ludendorff is acquitted. #Weimar100

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The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

2 years ago

President Ebert lifts the state of emergency which has been in place in Germany since September 26th. #Weimar100

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The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

2 years ago

Members of the SPD, DDP, Zentrum and trade unionists have founded the 'Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold' paramilitary organization in Magdeburg. The Reichsbanner aims to defend German democracy from extremist groups such as the Sturmabteilung (SA) of the NSDAP. #weimar100

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The Weimar Republic at 100 @RealTimeWeimar

2 years ago

NSDAP supporters disrupt a performance of Ernst Toller's pacifist play 'Hinkemann' in Dresden. Toller (pictured) is currently in prison having been arrested after the fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, which he led for 6 days in 1919. #Weimar100

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2 years ago

An international committee of experts led by American Charles G Dawes (pictured) has met for the first time in Paris. The committee was established by the Reparations Commission to assess the economic situation in Germany and devise a new reparation payment schedule. #Weimar100