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The president of Germany (German: Reichspräsident, lit. 'president of the Reich') was the head of state under the Weimar Constitution, which was officially in force from 1919 to 1945, encompassing the periods of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany.
Experienced leaders came from the 'Old Army' of the Empire. In 1927, 20% of the officers were from the former nobility, [27] down from 30% in 1913. [28] This continued the long-term trend of a reduction in the percentage of noble officers. Large parts of the officer corps held a conservative, monarchist worldview and rejected the Weimar ...
Social Democratic Party Bauer SPD–DDP–Z (Weimar Coalition) Reich Chancellor of the German Reich: 12: Gustav Bauer (1870–1944) 14 August 1919: 26 March 1920 219 days: Social Democratic Party Bauer SPD–DDP–Z (Weimar Coalition) Nat.Ass. 13: Hermann Müller (1876–1931) 27 March 1920 21 June 1920 86 days: Social Democratic Party Müller ...
The coat of arms of the Weimar Republic shown above is the version used after 1928, which replaced that shown in the "Flag and coat of arms" section. The flag of Nazi Germany shown above is the version introduced after the fall of the Weimar Republic in 1933 and used till 1935, when it was replaced by the swastika flag , similar, but not exactly the same as the flag of the Nazi Party that had ...
Fourteen deputies, headed by party co-leader Hugo Haase, and including Karl Liebknecht, spoke out against the bonds but nevertheless followed party discipline and voted in favour. [11] The support was based primarily on the belief, actively fostered by the government, that Germany was fighting a defensive war. [ 12 ]
The timeline of the Weimar Republic lists in chronological order the major events of the Weimar Republic, beginning with the final month of the German Empire and ending with the Enabling Act of 1933 that concentrated all power in the hands of Adolf Hitler. A second chronological section lists important cultural, scientific and commercial events ...
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈluːɪtpɔlt ˈhɪmlɐ] ⓘ; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German politician who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the German Nazi Party, and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany.
The Centre Party (which ran as the Christian People's Party) and the Bavarian People's Party, received 19.7% of the vote, an increase of 3.3% over the Centre Party's results in 1912. The right-wing German National People's Party (DNVP) received 10.3%, a significantly worse result than its predecessor parties, which together had won 15.1% of the ...