Germany 1890-1945 Key Facts, Dates and Stats
By 1913 Germany was producing more iron and steal and as
much coal as Britain
About 1 in 3 Germans voted for the SDP at this time. Reichstag
seats 1898- 56 1912: 110
Trade Union Membership 1891 ≈ 350,000 1913≈3,000,000
Naval Laws 1898-1912
1898 Naval Law built 19 battleships, 42 cruisers
In 1898, 112/312 deputies voted against the Naval Laws
In 1916 10,000 workers assembled in Berlin to shout ‘down
with war down with government’
Food shortages- 750,000 German citizens died from hunger
and disease in the winter of 1916-1917
Kaiser abdicates 9 November 1918
Ebert takes over king
The war left 60,000 war widows- war pensions expensive
Spartacus league tried to take over Berlin January 1919. Ebert
sent 2000 Free Corps to attack them
Weimar constitution: 1919
Between 1919 and 1933 no political party ever won more than
half the votes in any election
6.6 billion pounds of instalments to be repaid until 1988
German army limited to 100,000 men and Rhineland
demilitarised
War Guilt Clause.
Treaty of Versailles described as Diktat’ (dictated peace) those
responsible called November Criminals
Bread went from 4 marks (Dec 1921) to 201 billion marks (Nov
1923)
15,000 workers were thrown out of their homes as punishment
for passive resistance in the Ruhr
Kapp Putsch 1920 gathered 5000 men and took over the
capital. Failed after 100 hours
Red rising. Free Corps dealt with it. 1000 workers killed
Between 1919 and 1922 over 350 political murders in
Germany, mostly by right wing extremists
Nazi party members: 3000 in 1920 and 5000 in 1921
Munich Putsch: November 1923. Hitler interrupted meeting in
beer hall in Munich. Said he was taking over Bavaria then the
whole country
Gun battle morning after Munich Putsch killed 3 policeman and
16 Nazis
Hitler released from prison after 9 months
In 1924 the new rent mark was replaced by the Reichmark, a
currency that remained for the next 25 yrs
By 1913 Germany was producing more iron and steal and as
much coal as Britain
About 1 in 3 Germans voted for the SDP at this time. Reichstag
seats 1898- 56 1912: 110
Trade Union Membership 1891 ≈ 350,000 1913≈3,000,000
Naval Laws 1898-1912
1898 Naval Law built 19 battleships, 42 cruisers
In 1898, 112/312 deputies voted against the Naval Laws
In 1916 10,000 workers assembled in Berlin to shout ‘down
with war down with government’
Food shortages- 750,000 German citizens died from hunger
and disease in the winter of 1916-1917
Kaiser abdicates 9 November 1918
Ebert takes over king
The war left 60,000 war widows- war pensions expensive
Spartacus league tried to take over Berlin January 1919. Ebert
sent 2000 Free Corps to attack them
Weimar constitution: 1919
Between 1919 and 1933 no political party ever won more than
half the votes in any election
6.6 billion pounds of instalments to be repaid until 1988
German army limited to 100,000 men and Rhineland
demilitarised
War Guilt Clause.
Treaty of Versailles described as Diktat’ (dictated peace) those
responsible called November Criminals
Bread went from 4 marks (Dec 1921) to 201 billion marks (Nov
1923)
15,000 workers were thrown out of their homes as punishment
for passive resistance in the Ruhr
Kapp Putsch 1920 gathered 5000 men and took over the
capital. Failed after 100 hours
Red rising. Free Corps dealt with it. 1000 workers killed
Between 1919 and 1922 over 350 political murders in
Germany, mostly by right wing extremists
Nazi party members: 3000 in 1920 and 5000 in 1921
Munich Putsch: November 1923. Hitler interrupted meeting in
beer hall in Munich. Said he was taking over Bavaria then the
whole country
Gun battle morning after Munich Putsch killed 3 policeman and
16 Nazis
Hitler released from prison after 9 months
In 1924 the new rent mark was replaced by the Reichmark, a
currency that remained for the next 25 yrs
