Germany

The date on which the monarchy fell in 1918, Adolf Hitler staged his failed coup attempt in 1923, the Nazis and antisemitic mobs attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses in 1938, and the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, November 9 is known as the "day of destiny" in Germany. DW surveys some moments that set the course of German history. 'Be aware the historical significance of this day' On November 9, 1918, Philipp Scheidemann, a Social Democrat and later the chancellor of the Weimar Republic, proclaimed an end to the monarchy of Kaiser Wilhelm II and the beginning of a new democracy in a speech from a balcony of the Reichstag in Berlin. "Workers and soldiers, be aware of the historical significance of this day," Scheidemann said. "Something unprecedented has happened. We have a gr...