1924 in Germany

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See also: 1923 in Germany, other events of 1924, 1925 in Germany and the list of 'years in Germany'.

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Contents 1 Incumbents 2 Events 3 Arts and literature 4 Sports 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Events

• Anton Flettner develops the rotor ship using rotating cylinders instead of sails.
• The German firm Leitz develops the Leica camera which is the first to use 35mm film.
• January 31 - Leaders of independent republic of the Rhineland Palatinate attempting to formally secede from Germany fails from lack of support.
• February 23 - Great Britain reduces German reparation recovery duties on German goods to 5% due to Germany's economic troubles.
• March 3 - Germany signs a treaty of friendship with Turkey.
• May 26 - Wilhelm Marx's government resigns after negotiations breakdown for a coalition.
• August 16 - Representatives of the French government agree to leave the Ruhr during the London Conference of World War I reparations.
• August 29 - The German Reichstag approves the Dawes Plan for the reduction of World War I reparations.
• August 30 - The German Reichsbank begins operating independent of the German government by issuing a new mark after the hyperinflation completely devaluates the old mark.
• October 10 - An international loan is granted to Germany to help the reconstruction of Germany's economy and industry.
• November 18-November 30 - France and Belgium return control of the Ruhr to Germany.

[edit] Arts and literature

• Thomas Mann's novel Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain) is published.
• Kurt Hielscher's photographic album Deutchland: 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.

[edit] Sports

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

• June 3 - Franz Kafka, writer