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Reichstag assembly during the Weimar republic, 1918-1933

Reichstag, 1929

View of the Reichstag building in Berlin.

Main committee of the German Reichstag, 1918

Members of the main committee of the German Reichstag, which was chosen from August 1, 1914 until November 11, 1918, during a committee meeting. From left, seated: Eduard Bernstein, Wilhelm Keil, Georg Gothein, Meerfeld, Ludwig Haas (Baden), Eduard David, Waldstein, D. Mumm, Albert Suedekum, Schwabach, Warmuth, Commissioner von Schleehauf (Ministerial director of Wuerttemberg), Friedrich Ebert and Junck. From left, standing: Mueller (Fulda), Stuecklen, Schirmer, von Trampczynski, Schiffer, Nacken, Gustav Noske, Irl, Matthias Erzberger, Adolf Groeber, Count Friedrich von Carmer, von Brockhausen, Count Kuno von Westarp.

Max von Baden during the opening speech in the Reichstag, 1918

Max von Baden (on the government Bench in right half, with cross) holds his first speech in the Reichstag on October 5, 1918 after his nomination as Chancellor of the Reich on October 3, 1918.

Wilson debate in the Reichstag, 1918

Chancellor Prince Max von Baden (marked with cross) delivers a speech during a session of the Reichstag.

Proclamation of the Republic, 1918

On 9 November 1918. Philipp Scheidemann proclaims the Republic from a balcony of the Reichstag. Thousands of people listen to him on the Koenigsplatz with the Bismarck Memorial.

Opening session of the Workers' and Soldiers' Council in Berlin, 1918

First session of the Workers and Soldiers' Council in the Reichstag.

Otto Wels before the Workers' and Soldiers' Council in Berlin, 1918

The town major of Berlin, Otto Wels, speaks to the workers and soldiers council in the Reichstag. Wels became town major on 10.11.1918.

Reichstag meeting on the 28th of June, 1920

Reich chancellor Constantin Fehrenbach (on the right, sitting) presents his new cabinet (presumably standing). From right to left: Rudolf Heinze (Justice), Erich Koch (Inneres), Walter Simons (Outer), Andreas Hermes (Nutrition), Joseph Wirth , Hans von Raumer (Schatzamt), Otto Gessler (Defense), Johannes Giesberts (Post Office), Ernst Scholz (Business), Wilhelm Groener (Work and Transport). In the presidential seat, parliament president Paul Loebe (SPD).

Consultation on the Works Councils Act, 1920

Advice about the new Works Councils Act in 1920 in the Reichstag.

Opening of the Reichstag on 24 June 1920

Dr. Pfeiffer read out the list of deputies.

Reichstag during the constituent session, 1920

The new Reichstag after the Reichstag elections meets for the constituent session.

Presentation of the cabinet of Joseph Wirth's government, 1921

In the plenary hall of the German Reichstag the new cabinet under Reichs Chancellor Joseph Wirt (Centrum) is presented with the ministers Adolf Koester (Interior, SPD), Andreas Hermes (Finance), Otto Gessler (Defense, DDP) and Gustav Bauer (Treasury and Vice Chancellor, SPD). The new cabinet is visible in the upper left half of the photo in the government benches.

Speech by Foreign Minister Simons in the Reichstag, 1921

The Foreign Minister Dr. Walter Simons (marked with a cross) gave a speech on the Entente's decision in Paris.

The Reichstag meeting of 24 November 1922

View of the government bench.

The presidents of the Reichstag 1924

From left: Wilhelm Dittmann (SPD), Riesser, Max Wallraf (DNVP, German National People's Party), Dr. Bell.

Reichstag session, 1924

Reichstag in the plenary during the session.

Reich Chancellor Hans Luther speaks in the Reichstag on the occasion of the 20th German Gymnastics Day, 1925

Reich Chancellor Hans Luther (1879-1962) holds a speech on the occasion of the 20th German Gymnastics Day in the Reichstag in Berlin.

Funeral of Friedrich Ebert in the Reichstag, 1925

The deputies of the Reichstag during the state ceremony for the Reich President Friedrich Ebert. In the front row on the podium is the former Reich Chancellor and then Prussian Minister President Wilhelm Marx (4. from right) during the minute's silence.

The swearing in of president Paul von Hindenburg in the plenary assembly hall of the German Reichstag, 1935

The inauguration of president Paul von Hindenburg in the plenary assembly hall of the German Reichstag.

Stresemann in Reichstag, 1928

After many weeks of absence due to illness and recuperation, Reich Minister Gustav Stresemann is again in the Reichstag. The photo shows him during a speech.

Rudolf Breitscheid speaks in the Reichstag, 1929

The SPD politician Rudolf Breitscheid speaks in the Reichstag.

Funeral service for Gustav Stresemann in the Reichstag, 1929

Deceased Reich Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann lying in state in the Reichstag. The coffin is displayed in front of the wall and in front of it lie wreathes from the Reich and from foreign governments and individuals, among them are the ones from Aristide Briand and King Boris III of Bulgaria.

Ceremony for a public day of sorrow in the Reichstag, 1929

Ceremony for Heroes' Remembrance Day in 1929 in the Plenary Hall of the German Reichstag.

Alfred Hugenberg speaks against the Young Plan in the Reichstag, 1929

Alfred Hugenberg at the Reichstag debate on the "Freedom Law". The Reichstag rejected by a large majority the "Law against the Enslavement of the German People".

List of speakers in the Reichstag, 1930

The list of speakers at a Reichstag session in 1930, features the names of the Reichstag representatives Alfred Hugenberg (German National People's Party), Heinrich Bruening (Centrum), Ernst Thaelmann (KPD), as well as the Barons von Rheinbaben and representative Bredt.

Opening of the Reichstag, 1930

View of the plenary hall during the opening of the Reichstag, Above left in the photo is the Nazi fraction. In contrast to the representatives of other parties, who are dressed in dark suits, the representatives of the Nazi party wear their party uniforms.

The half empty Reichstag, 1930

At four o'clock in the afternoon in the Reichstag only a few deputies were still in their seats.

Speech by the Minister of the Interior Joseph Wirth before the Reichstag, 1930

The Minister of the Interior (center) defends the plans of the Chancellor to dissolve the Reichstag in a speech before the Parliament.

Joseph Wirth holding a speech in the Reichstag on the dissolution, 1930

Reich Interior Minister, Joseph Wirth, defens the position of the government on the question of the dissolution of the Reichstag.

Spectators' balcony in the Reichstag, 1930

View of the spectators' balcony in the plenary hall of the German Reichstag.

empty benches of the right wing and the spectators' balcony in the Reichstag, 1930

View of the spectators' balcony in the plenary hall of the German Reichstag. In the foreground on the right are the empty benches of the fractions of the right wing parties.

Cabinet crisis of the Bruening Government, 1930

While the members of the Cabinet left the meeting room of the Reichstag, the few remaining parliamentarians are making conversation.

The Landtag of Prussia, around the 1930s

The deputy of the NSDAP Paul Hinkler holds a speech during a meeting of the Prussian Landtag.

Alfred Hugenberg in the Reichstag, 1930

The German politician Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, Chairman of the German National People's Party, gives his appeal to the parties to reject the Young Plan in the plenary hall of the Berlin Reichstag. Representatives of all parties stand around the speaker's tribune. On the government side (2nd from right): Reich Foreign Minister Dr. Julius Curtius (DVP), next to him is Dr. Joseph Wirth.

Alfred Hugenberg the Reichstag, 1930

Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, Chairman of the German National People's Party, addresses his appeal to the parties to reject the Young Plan in the plenary hall of the Berlin Reichstag. MPs of all parties standing around the rostrum. On the government bench (2nd from right): Foreign Minister Dr. Julius Curtius (DVP), next to him, Dr. Joseph Wirth.

Chancellor Bruening reading out the government declaration, 1930

The Chancellor delivers a statement in the Reichstag in March. On the government benches left in the picture sit his ministers (Cabinet Bruening I).

Reichstag at the adoption of the Young Plan, 1930

The Reichstag passed the law for the implementation of the so-called Young Plan. Reich Chancellor Hermann Mueller, SPD, speaks.

Speech by the Centre politician Esser in the Reichstag, 1930

The deputy of the Centre Party, Thomas Esser (right half of the picture, at the lectern with a note in his hand) gives a speech at a Reichstag meeting.

First meeting of the new Reichstag, 1930

After the forced elections of September 1930, the newly constituted Reichstag met for the first session a month later. Alterspraesident (president by seniority) Held opened the meeting, left in the picture in their brownshirts, the 107 deputies of the NSDAP.

Members of the NSDAP in the Reichstag, 1930

At the opening of the Reichstag Nazi Party members in their party uniforms listen to a speaker. Front in dark suits Reichstag deputies of the DNVP. After the Reichstag elections of 14.09.1930 107 NSDAP members get seats.

The decision of the Reichstag on the Brueningen emergency laws, 1930

In the afternoon, the Reichstag discussed the adoption and passage of the new emergency laws. At the lectern, Minister of Finance Hermann Dietrich (DDP), giving a speech.

Members the NSDAP in the Reichstag, 1930

The Nazi party fraction turns away from the speech of Dr. Loewenthal. In the middle in front Joseph Goebbels writes with his body averted (in light suit).

Plenary session of the Reichstag, 1931

After a six-week break, the Parliament met again at the first reading of the old and new emergency decrees of Chancellor Bruening (center, on the government benches, writing).

The deputies during a Reichstag meeting, 1931

View of the deputies in the right part of the meeting room.

Diplomats on the stands of the Reichstag, 1931

Foreign ambassadors also follow the parliamentary events.

Budget negotiations in the empty Reichstag, 1931

Despite the important budget consultations many seats in the Reichstag remain empty.

Volkstrauertag in the Reichstag, 1931

The German War Graves Commission held a memorial service with laurel wreaths in the Reichstag in the presence of the President of the Reich and the Reich government. Here, the flag delegations of the Reichswehr and the corporations of the Berlin University and the Technical University. On the government benches, among others, from right to left: Reichs Chancellor Heinrich Bruening, Minister of the Interior Joseph Wirth (both Center Party) and Foreign Minister Julius Curtius (DVP).

Speech by Ernst Oberfohrens at a Reichstag meeting, 1931

View of the meeting of 14 October 1931. The DNVP member Dr. Ernst Oberfohren is holding a speech.

The speech of Bruening in the Reichstag without National Socialists, 1931

As a protest against the government, the entire NSDAP faction in the Reichstag had left the meeting room. Here, the empty seats of the NSDAP as well as in the lower right of the picture Chancellor Bruenung is holding a speech.

Speech by Reich Chancellor Bruening in the Reichstag, 1931

The Center Party politician and Chancellor Heinrich Bruening (standing at the lectern) holds a speech before the deputies.

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The Prussian state parliament fraction of the NSDAP, 1932

The members of the NSDAP in the Prussian Landtag are posing for a group photo.

The Reichstag presidium after the Reichstag elections 1932

The new Reichstag presidium, when leaving the Presidential Palace where the four members introduced themselves to the Reich President. From left to right: Walther Graef (DNVP), Thomas Esser (Zentrumspartei), Hans Rauch (BVP) and the new President of the Reichstag Hermann Goering (NSDAP).

Opening of the Reichstag, 1932

In front of the entrance of the Reichstag building, onlookers are waiting for the arrival of parliamentary deputies.

The Reichstag Presidium, 1932

The four Reichstag presidents pose for a joint photo (vfrom left): Third Vice President Walther Graef (DNVP), First Vice President Thomas Esser (Center), Reichstag President Hermann Goering (NSDAP) and Second Vice President Johann Rauch (BVP).

Rejection of the motion of censure against the government, 1932

Reichstag President Paul Loebe (top right in front of the presidential chair) announces the result of the motion of censure.

Chancellor Bruening holding a speech, 1932

Chancellor Heinrich Bruening gives a speech to the Reichstag.

Speech by the Minister of the Interior Groener in the Reichstag, 1932

Minister of the Interior, Wilhelm Groener (standing at the lectern), gives a speech on the date of the Reich presidential election .

NSDAP faction in the Reichstag, 1932

After the first Reichstag elections in 1932, the NSDAP became the strongest faction in the Reichstag. Here, the National Socialist deputies in their uniforms are clearly visible on top of the picture.

Members of the NSDAP at the opening of the Reichstag, 1932

At the opening of the Reichstag on 13.10.1930, 107 members of the NSDAP are sitting in the Parliament. At right, the members of the DNVP.

Volkstrauertag (Day of Mourning) in the Reichstag, 1932

Festive event on the occasion of the Volkstaruertag ( National Day of Mourning ) in the Reichstag. Beside the Reichstag deputies and many students from Berlin, who form a guard of honour with their student corps, President Paul von Hindenburg (far left above in the box) also attends the event.

Speech by Joseph Goebbels in the Reichstag, 1932

Joseph Goebbels (on the right of the lectern), a member of the NSDAP, gives a speech before the Reichstag.

Finance Minister Dietrich holding the budget speech, 1932

Finance Minister Hermann Dietrich (sitting at the lectern) from the DDP holds the budget speech before the Reichstag.

Heinrich Bruening in the Reichstag, 1932

Speech of the Reich Chancellor Heinrich Bruening (center) in the Reichstag.

Policemen on the government bench, 1932

After a plenary session ended up in a brawl, a police command was sent under police vice president Weiss, to arrest the deputies.

Policemen control members of the parliament, 1932

For the first time since the German Reichstag exists, the members are checked by police officers when leaving the building.

Signed decree on the dissolution of the Reichstag, 1932

At the request of Chancellor von Papen, President Paul von Hindenburg signed a decree on the dissolution of the Reichstag.

Demonstration of the working committee of the German associations against the Versailles Treaty, 1932

On the 13th anniversary of the signing of the Versailles Treaty, the working committee of the German associations organized a protest rally in the plenary meeting hall of the Reichstag in Berlin. This picture was taken during the speech of Dr. Draeger.

Proceedings of the constitutional court after the so-called 'Prussian Coup', 1932

The proceedings of the constitutional court chaired by the Reichstag president Erwin Bumke, about the legality of the so-called 'Prussian Coup', the dismissal of the Prussian government under Prime Minister Otto Braun (SPD) by Reich Chancellor Franz von Papen.

Heinrich Bruening in front of the Reichstag, 1932

Reich Chancellor Heinrich Bruening in front of the Reichstag.

Foyer of the Reichstag, 1932

View into the foyer of the German Reichstag on the opening day of the acting Diet of 1932-1933.

Reichstag deputy of the NSDAP at the Reichstag, 1932

A Nazi party member identifies himself as a deputy at the entrance of the Reichstag. The opening session of the newly elected Reichstag was held on 30.08.1932.

Reichstag meeting after the withdrawal of the government, 1932

After Reichstag President Hermann Goering (right above) had pushed aside the decree on the dissolution of the Reichstag, the government under Chancellor Franz von Papen, who had introduced the decree, left the hall. Instead, Goering put to the vote the motion of censure of the KPD against the government of Papen.

Dissolution of the Reichstag, 1932

The Reichstag was dissolved in mid-September. Hermann Goering sits on the Presidential Chair (center of the image).

First meeting of the Reichstag after the Reichstag elections 1932

Reichstag President Hermann Goering (above) opens the first Reichstag session after the Reichstag elections in July. Chancellor Franz von Papen (on the left, in front of the government bench), introduced a motion of censure, which was adopted by an overwhelming majority.

Motion of censure of the Communists against the government Papen on 12 September 1932 Berlin

Censure motion of the Communist Reichstag faction against the government of Papen on 12 September 1932 in the Reichstag. Reichstag President Herman Goering deliberately overlooked the remarks of Chancellor Franz von Papen.

Opening session of the new Reichstag, 1932

Alterspraesident (president by seniority) General Karl Litzmann (NSDAP, on the presidential chair) opens the new Reichstag.

Interruption of a Reichstag meeting, 1932

The meeting was adjourned after an interruption by a Communist from the stand. The empty presidential chair is a sign of interruption.

Speech by the DNVP deputy von Freytagh-Loringhoven, 1932

The deputy of the German National People's Party Axel Freiherr von Freytagh Loringhoven (at the lectern) gives a speech before the Reichstag.