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  • Munich, Germany
    1923
    BMW

    First successful motorcycle after the failed Helios and Flink

    Munich, Germany
    1923

    Their first successful motorcycle after the failed Helios and Flink, was the "R32" in 1923, though production originally began in 1921




  • Cologne, Germany
    1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Bank clerk in Cologne

    Cologne, Germany
    1923

    The lack of income from his literary works (he wrote two plays in 1923, neither of which sold) forced him to take employment as a caller on the stock exchange and as a bank clerk in Cologne, a job he detested.




  • Munich, Germany
    1923
    Heinrich Himmler

    Joining The Nazi Party

    Munich, Germany
    1923

    Himmler joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in August 1923, receiving Party number 14303. As a member of Röhm's paramilitary unit, Himmler was involved in the Beer Hall Putsch—an unsuccessful attempt by Hitler and the NSDAP to seize power in Munich. This event would set Himmler on a life of politics. He was questioned by the police about his role in the putsch but was not charged because of insufficient evidence. However, he lost his job, was unable to find employment as an agronomist, and had to move in with his parents in Munich. Frustrated by these failures, he became ever more irritable, aggressive, and opinionated, alienating both friends and family members.




  • Wiemar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Monday Aug 13, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Becoming Chancellor and Foreign Minister

    Wiemar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Monday Aug 13, 1923

    On 13 August 1923, Stresemann was appointed Chancellor and Foreign Minister of a grand coalition government in the so-called year of crises (1923). In social policy, a new system of binding arbitration was introduced in October 1923 in which an outside arbitrator had the final say in industrial disputes.




  • Cologne, Germany
    Aug, 1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels was dismissed from the bank

    Cologne, Germany
    Aug, 1923

    Goebbels was dismissed from the bank in August 1923 and returned to Rheydt.




  • Wiemar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Wednesday Sep 26, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    The passive resistance against the Occupation

    Wiemar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Wednesday Sep 26, 1923

    On the 26 September 1923, Stresemann announced the end to the passive resistance against the Occupation of the Ruhr by the French and Belgians, in tandem with an Article 48 (of the Weimar Constitution) state of emergency proclamation by President Ebert that lasted until February 1924.




  • Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Monday Oct 29, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Removing SPD/KPD governments

    Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Monday Oct 29, 1923

    In October 1923, the Stresemann government used Article 48 to replace the legally elected SPD-Communist coalition government of Saxony on 29 October, and that of Thuringia on 6 November, by commissioners. By this time, Stresemann was convinced that accepting the republic and reaching an understanding with the Allies on the reparations issue was the only way for Germany to gain the breathing room it needed to rebuild its battered economy.


  • Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Nov, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Hyperinflation and a new currency

    Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Nov, 1923

    Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic would reach its peak in November 1923. Stresemann introduced a new currency, the Rentenmark, to end hyperinflation. He also persuaded the French to pull back from the Ruhr in return for a promise that reparations payments would resume. That was part of his larger strategy of "fulfillment".


  • Munich, Germany
    Thursday Nov 8, 1923
    Adolf Hitler

    Bürgerbräukeller

    Munich, Germany
    Thursday Nov 8, 1923

    On 8 November 1923 Hitler and the SA stormed a public meeting of 3,000 people organised by Kahr in the Bürgerbräukeller, a beer hall in Munich.


  • Munich, Germany
    Thursday Nov 8, 1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Hitler's trial for treason began in the wake of his failed attempt to seize power

    Munich, Germany
    Thursday Nov 8, 1923

    In February 1924, Hitler's trial for treason began in the wake of his failed attempt to seize power in the Beer Hall Putsch of 8–9 November 1923.


  • Germany
    Sunday Nov 11, 1923
    Adolf Hitler

    Arrested

    Germany
    Sunday Nov 11, 1923

    He was depressed but calm when arrested on 11 November 1923 for high treason.


  • Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Nov, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Stresemann's cabinet resignation

    Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Nov, 1923

    In early November 1923, partly because of the reaction to the overthrowing of the SPD/KPD governments in Saxony and Thuringia, the Social Democrats withdrew from his reshuffled government and after a motion of confidence was voted down on 23 November 1923 Stresemann and his cabinet resigned.


  • Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Friday Nov 30, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Assuming the position as Foreign Minister

    Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Friday Nov 30, 1923

    Stresemann remained as Foreign Minister in the government of his successor, Centrist Wilhelm Marx. He remained foreign minister for the rest of his life in eight successive governments ranging from the centre-right to the centre-left.


  • Rheydt, Germany
    Dec, 1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Diary entries of mid-December 1923 forward show Goebbels was moving towards the Völkisch nationalist movement

    Rheydt, Germany
    Dec, 1923

    During this period, he read avidly and was influenced by the works of Oswald Spengler, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Houston Stewart Chamberlain, the British-born German writer whose book The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (1899) was one of the standard works of the extreme right in Germany. He also began to study the "social question" and read the works of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, August Bebel, and Gustav Noske. According to German historian Peter Longerich, Goebbels's diary entries from late 1923 to early 1924 reflected the writings of a man who was isolated, preoccupied with "religious-philosophical" issues, and lacked a sense of direction. Diary entries of mid-December 1923 forward show Goebbels was moving towards the Völkisch nationalist movement.


  • Berlin, Germany
    1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels had a lack of income from his literary works

    Berlin, Germany
    1923

    He wrote two plays in 1923, neither of which sold. which caused a lack of income from his literary works.


  • Germany
    1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels began his diaries

    Germany
    1923

    Goebbels continued for several years to try to become a published author. His diaries, which he began in 1923 and continued for the rest of his life, provided an outlet for his desire to write.


  • Munich, Germany
    1923
    BMW

    First successful motorcycle after the failed Helios and Flink

    Munich, Germany
    1923

    Their first successful motorcycle after the failed Helios and Flink, was the "R32" in 1923, though production originally began in 1921


  • Cologne, Germany
    1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Bank clerk in Cologne

    Cologne, Germany
    1923

    The lack of income from his literary works (he wrote two plays in 1923, neither of which sold) forced him to take employment as a caller on the stock exchange and as a bank clerk in Cologne, a job he detested.


  • Munich, Germany
    1923
    Heinrich Himmler

    Joining The Nazi Party

    Munich, Germany
    1923

    Himmler joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in August 1923, receiving Party number 14303. As a member of Röhm's paramilitary unit, Himmler was involved in the Beer Hall Putsch—an unsuccessful attempt by Hitler and the NSDAP to seize power in Munich. This event would set Himmler on a life of politics. He was questioned by the police about his role in the putsch but was not charged because of insufficient evidence. However, he lost his job, was unable to find employment as an agronomist, and had to move in with his parents in Munich. Frustrated by these failures, he became ever more irritable, aggressive, and opinionated, alienating both friends and family members.


  • Wiemar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Monday Aug 13, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Becoming Chancellor and Foreign Minister

    Wiemar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Monday Aug 13, 1923

    On 13 August 1923, Stresemann was appointed Chancellor and Foreign Minister of a grand coalition government in the so-called year of crises (1923). In social policy, a new system of binding arbitration was introduced in October 1923 in which an outside arbitrator had the final say in industrial disputes.


  • Cologne, Germany
    Aug, 1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels was dismissed from the bank

    Cologne, Germany
    Aug, 1923

    Goebbels was dismissed from the bank in August 1923 and returned to Rheydt.


  • Wiemar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Wednesday Sep 26, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    The passive resistance against the Occupation

    Wiemar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Wednesday Sep 26, 1923

    On the 26 September 1923, Stresemann announced the end to the passive resistance against the Occupation of the Ruhr by the French and Belgians, in tandem with an Article 48 (of the Weimar Constitution) state of emergency proclamation by President Ebert that lasted until February 1924.


  • Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Monday Oct 29, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Removing SPD/KPD governments

    Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Monday Oct 29, 1923

    In October 1923, the Stresemann government used Article 48 to replace the legally elected SPD-Communist coalition government of Saxony on 29 October, and that of Thuringia on 6 November, by commissioners. By this time, Stresemann was convinced that accepting the republic and reaching an understanding with the Allies on the reparations issue was the only way for Germany to gain the breathing room it needed to rebuild its battered economy.


  • Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Nov, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Hyperinflation and a new currency

    Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Nov, 1923

    Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic would reach its peak in November 1923. Stresemann introduced a new currency, the Rentenmark, to end hyperinflation. He also persuaded the French to pull back from the Ruhr in return for a promise that reparations payments would resume. That was part of his larger strategy of "fulfillment".


  • Munich, Germany
    Thursday Nov 8, 1923
    Adolf Hitler

    Bürgerbräukeller

    Munich, Germany
    Thursday Nov 8, 1923

    On 8 November 1923 Hitler and the SA stormed a public meeting of 3,000 people organised by Kahr in the Bürgerbräukeller, a beer hall in Munich.


  • Munich, Germany
    Thursday Nov 8, 1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Hitler's trial for treason began in the wake of his failed attempt to seize power

    Munich, Germany
    Thursday Nov 8, 1923

    In February 1924, Hitler's trial for treason began in the wake of his failed attempt to seize power in the Beer Hall Putsch of 8–9 November 1923.


  • Germany
    Sunday Nov 11, 1923
    Adolf Hitler

    Arrested

    Germany
    Sunday Nov 11, 1923

    He was depressed but calm when arrested on 11 November 1923 for high treason.


  • Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Nov, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Stresemann's cabinet resignation

    Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Nov, 1923

    In early November 1923, partly because of the reaction to the overthrowing of the SPD/KPD governments in Saxony and Thuringia, the Social Democrats withdrew from his reshuffled government and after a motion of confidence was voted down on 23 November 1923 Stresemann and his cabinet resigned.


  • Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Friday Nov 30, 1923
    Gustav Stresemann

    Assuming the position as Foreign Minister

    Weimar Republic (Present Day Germany)
    Friday Nov 30, 1923

    Stresemann remained as Foreign Minister in the government of his successor, Centrist Wilhelm Marx. He remained foreign minister for the rest of his life in eight successive governments ranging from the centre-right to the centre-left.


  • Rheydt, Germany
    Dec, 1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Diary entries of mid-December 1923 forward show Goebbels was moving towards the Völkisch nationalist movement

    Rheydt, Germany
    Dec, 1923

    During this period, he read avidly and was influenced by the works of Oswald Spengler, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Houston Stewart Chamberlain, the British-born German writer whose book The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century (1899) was one of the standard works of the extreme right in Germany. He also began to study the "social question" and read the works of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, August Bebel, and Gustav Noske. According to German historian Peter Longerich, Goebbels's diary entries from late 1923 to early 1924 reflected the writings of a man who was isolated, preoccupied with "religious-philosophical" issues, and lacked a sense of direction. Diary entries of mid-December 1923 forward show Goebbels was moving towards the Völkisch nationalist movement.


  • Berlin, Germany
    1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels had a lack of income from his literary works

    Berlin, Germany
    1923

    He wrote two plays in 1923, neither of which sold. which caused a lack of income from his literary works.


  • Germany
    1923
    Joseph Goebbels

    Goebbels began his diaries

    Germany
    1923

    Goebbels continued for several years to try to become a published author. His diaries, which he began in 1923 and continued for the rest of his life, provided an outlet for his desire to write.


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