Saturday, January 18, 2014

Saturday, 18 January 1930: Frick Appointed Interior Minister of Thuringia

Weimar, Germany:  

Nazi party member Wilhelm Frick is appointed to the post of Minister of the Interior and Education in the coalition government of the German state of Thuringia.  He is the first nazi to hold a ministerial-level post at any level of government in Germany.  In the recent Thuringian parliamentary elections, nazis gained 11% of the vote, their highest showing ever in any election in Germany.  This gave them enough clout to garner a post in the coalition government.  Among the departments that fall under the Minister of the Interior and Education: the police and schools.

The Hague:  

At the Second Reparations Conference, the payments of eastern European countries like Hungary and Czechoslovakia becomes a growing problem.  Italy says it won’t sign the Young Plan agreement until the eastern issues are resolved.

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