the military. 3 April 1920 21 different Freikorps units, under the command of General Baron Oskar von Watter, annihilate the Ruhr Communist uprising in five days; thousands killed. April 1920 Government stops paying Freikorps units. 10 May 1920 Dr. Joseph Wirth and Walther Rathenau announce their "Policy of Fulfillment"; not received well by nationalist groups. 21 June 1920 Hermann Mueller (SPD) leaves office 11 August 1920 National Disarmament Law takes effect; disbanded civil guards 17 December 1920 NSDAP buys its first paper, the Voelkischer Beobachter. December 1920 NSDAP total party membership comes to 2,000. 1921 21 March 1921 Plebiscite in Upper Silesia. They vote to remain part of Germany. March, 1921 Allied Plebiscite Commission draws boundary based on plebiscite results, giving about 30% (1255/4265 square miles) of Upper Silesia to Poland. Large minority populations exist on both side of the boundary. 27 April 1921 Allied Reparations Committee levels 33 billion dollars worth of war reparations debt onto Germany; commands the handing over of 26% of all exports for 42 years and puts the Germans immediately into 12 billion in arrears. 3 May 1921 Polish insurgents under Wojciech Korfanty rise up in Upper Silesia. 5 May 1921 London Ultimatum which set the total sum of the war indemnity at 132 billion marks. 10 May 1921 Constantin Fehrenbach (Center) leaves office 23 May 1921 German Freikorps smash Polish forces at St. Annaberg. 24 May 1921 Under Allied pressure, all Freikorps units outlawed. 11 July 1921 Adolf Hitler resigns from the party to force the hand of Anton Drexler not to unite with the DSP. 25 July 1921 Adolf Hitler rejoins the party. 29 July 1921 Adolf Hitler assumes leadership of the NSDAP. He becomes "Der Fuehrer". 26 August 1921 Matthias Erzberger, (finance minister of 1920) gunned down by OC killers 17 September 1921 Hitler and SA disrupt speech by Otto Ballestedt of the Bayernbund; beaten badly; Hitler with others arrested. 26 October 1921 Dr. Joseph Wirth (Center) forms 2nd cabinet 1922 12 January 1922 Adolf Hitler sentenced to eight months. 24 June 1922 Hitler Incarcerated. Also: Walther Rathenau assassinated. German mark was 272 to 1 American dollar 27 July 1922 Hitler released. July 1922 670 marks = 1 US dollar August 1922 2,000 marks = 1 US dollar 27 October 1922 Benito Mussolini establishes his Fascist dictatorship in Italy. October 1922 45,000 marks = 1 US dollar 22 November 1922 Dr. Wirth