21 October – A separatist government is formed in the
Rhineland Palatinate and is quickly recognized by the French government.
23 October – The communist
Hamburg Uprising begins with left-wing extremists' attacks against numerous police stations in Hamburg and the erection of barricades. By the end of 24 October, the uprising was defeated.
9 November – In the
Beer Hall Putsch, key members of the
Nazi Party and their sympathizers, including
Adolf Hitler,
Hermann Göring and
Erich Ludendorff, attempt a coup against the German government. The coup attempt is crushed and fifteen Nazis are killed by the Bavarian Landespolizei. The killed would-be putschists are later designated as the movement's key "blood martyrs". The Blutfahne used during the coup attempt becomes a key artifact of Nazi party mythology.[3]
The Reichstag passes an
enabling act empowering the government to take all measures it deems necessary and urgent with regard to the state of emergency.
Max Beckmann made a self-portrait of himself holding a cigarette. The painting is currently housed at the
Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Wassily Kandinsky painted his Composition VIII while he was working at the Bauhaus school of art in Weimar. This completely non-representational work exemplifies his ground-breaking movement toward abstraction.
21 October – A separatist government is formed in the
Rhineland Palatinate and is quickly recognized by the French government.
23 October – The communist
Hamburg Uprising begins with left-wing extremists' attacks against numerous police stations in Hamburg and the erection of barricades. By the end of 24 October, the uprising was defeated.
9 November – In the
Beer Hall Putsch, key members of the
Nazi Party and their sympathizers, including
Adolf Hitler,
Hermann Göring and
Erich Ludendorff, attempt a coup against the German government. The coup attempt is crushed and fifteen Nazis are killed by the Bavarian Landespolizei. The killed would-be putschists are later designated as the movement's key "blood martyrs". The Blutfahne used during the coup attempt becomes a key artifact of Nazi party mythology.[3]
The Reichstag passes an
enabling act empowering the government to take all measures it deems necessary and urgent with regard to the state of emergency.
Max Beckmann made a self-portrait of himself holding a cigarette. The painting is currently housed at the
Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Wassily Kandinsky painted his Composition VIII while he was working at the Bauhaus school of art in Weimar. This completely non-representational work exemplifies his ground-breaking movement toward abstraction.