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  1. The Reichstag of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) was the lower house of Germany's parliament; the upper house was the Reichsrat, which represented the states. The Reichstag convened for the first time on 24 June 1920, taking over from the Weimar National Assembly, which had served as an interim parliament following the collapse of the German ...

  2. The Weimar Republic, [c] officially known as the German Reich, [d] was a historical period of Germany from 9 November 1918 to 23 March 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is also referred to, and unofficially proclaimed itself, as the German Republic.

  3. Member of the Reichstag for Düsseldorf 2; In office 7 February 1912 – 9 November 1918: Preceded by: Friedrich Linz: Succeeded by: Constituency abolished: Personal details; Born: 4 February 1871 Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire: Died: 28 February 1925 (aged 54) Berlin, Weimar Republic: Political party: Social Democratic Party ...

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  5. Aug 2, 2016 · Subject. A crowd of women standing in line at a polling station in the Weimar Republic in 1919, the first year women were allowed to vote. At the turn of the twentieth century, women throughout Europe and North America were demanding that their governments give them the right to vote. Germany was no exception; women began to hold demonstrations ...

  6. The Reichstag, elected for a four-year term, was the central legislative body under the Constitution of the Weimar Republic. Its main functions were legislation, including approval of the budget, and scrutiny of the Reich Government. It organised its work by means of a system of permanent committees. The Chancellor was not elected by Parliament ...

  7. It was the home of the Reichstag (“Imperial Diet”) from 1894 to 1933, during the periods of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the Weimar Republic (1919–33). A fire at the Reichstag on February 27, 1933, one month after Adolf Hitler assumed the chancellorship, triggered events that led to Hitler’s assumption of dictatorial powers in ...

  8. But the Weimar period was one of extreme political divisions – and the troubled Weimar Reichstag reflected and exacerbated these divisions, rather than serving to close them. A significant problem in the Reichstag was its plethora of divergent political parties. The electoral law adopted in April 1920 implemented a proportional system of voting.

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