German Five Year Plan (1948-1953)

German Five Year Plan (1948-1953)
Epoch	First Epoch
Coordinator	Shoghi Effendi
Protagonists	Germany and Austria

Divine Plan

Shoghi Effendi

First Epoch (1937-1963)

1st Seven Year Plan (1937-1944) Indian Six Year Plan (1938-1944) British Six Year Plan (1944-1950) 2nd Seven Year Plan (1946-1953) Indian 4½ Year Plan (1946-1950) Persian 45 Month Plan (1946-1950) Persian Women's Four Year Plan (1946-1950) Australian Six Year Plan (1947-1953) Canadian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) Egyptian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) German Five Year Plan (1948-1953) African Campaign (1950-1953) Iraqi Three Year Plan (1950-1953) British Two Year Plan (1951-1953) Indian Nineteen Month Plan (1951-1953) South American Two Year Plan (1951-1953) Central American One Year Plan (1952-1953) Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963) Northeast Asian Six Year Plan (1957-1963)

Universal House of Justice

Second Epoch (1964-2021)

Nine Year Plan (1964-1973) Five Year Plan (1974-1979) Seven Year Plan (1979-1986) Six Year Plan (1986-1992) Three Year Plan (1993-1996) Four Year Plan (1996-2000) Twelve Month Plan (2000-2001) Five Year Plan (2001-2006) Five Year Plan (2006-2011) Five Year Plan (2011-2016) Five Year Plan (2016-2021)

Third Epoch (2021-)

Twelve Month Plan (2021-2022) Nine Year Plan (2022-2031)

The German Five Year Plan (1948-1953) was given by Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of Germany and Austria.

Goals

The goals of the Five Year Plan were as follows:

1. Double the number of Local Spiritual Assemblies from fourteen to 28, increasing the Bahá’í membership in each community
2. Raise the number of localities in Germany and Austria where Bahá’ís reside
3. Deepen the understanding of the friends in the operation of the Administrative Order
4. Encourage deeper study of the teachings
5. Construct the National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds in Frankfurt
6. To enrich Bahá’í literature with two publications by March 1949, fifteen by March 1950, six by March 1951 and nine by 1952