The Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Berlin-Brandenburg 1924-1933
An almost forgotten organization that fought to preserve Germany’s first democracy—the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold.
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Buchcover „Schutztruppe der Republik“. Das Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold in Berlin und Brandenburg 1924 bis 1933“, © Metropol Verlag
In the Berlin-Brandenburg region, the association had more than 20,000 members between 1924 and 1933. Risking their lives, they served in the “Republican Protection Corps” to preserve Germany’s first democracy—often resorting to violence.
Hans-Rainer Sandvoß (Memorial to German Resistance) describes in his publication “Schutztruppe der Republik. Das Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold in Berlin-Brandenburg 1924–1933” the origins,
goals, and personnel of this nearly forgotten organization. Sandvoß refutes the assumption that the Weimar Republic was a republic without republicans. Together, we will discuss the historical situation in Brandenburg and the regional role of the Reichsbanner here.
Who was actively involved in promoting democracy locally? What challenges shaped the situation in Brandenburg? How did conditions in urban centers like Potsdam differ from those in the rural provinces?
The event takes place as part of the traveling exhibition “For Freedom and the Republic! The Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold in the Struggle for Democracy 1924–1933.”
The exhibition was curated by the German Resistance Memorial Center in collaboration with the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold, Bund aktiver Demokraten e.V.
The exhibition will be on view at forum 1848 from June 4 to August 30, 2026.
IN GERMAN
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Dates
July 2026
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