Gustave Stresemann had a lot of influence over Germany in the period between 1923 and 1929. Though he was only chancellor for a short while he occupied other very important positions such as Germany’s Foreign Minister. Before Stresemann took charge in 1923 the Weimar Republic had many problems. In 1922 the government declared that they could no longer pay reparations to France due to severe economic problems. The French responded to this by sending 60‚000 French and Belgian troops to invade the
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Gustav Stresemann took Weimar Germany out of its hardest years and turned it into the ‘Golden Years of Weimar. Stresemann was able to restore economic stability. He created the Rentenmark which was a currency issued in 1923 to stop the hyperinflation. It also encouraged foreign investment in Germany’s economy. The Reichsbank was given control of this currency. Stresemann negotiated the Dawes Plan with an American banker called Charles G. Dawes. This reduced the size of the reparations to an affordable
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How Far Was Stresemann Responsible For The Recovery of The Weimar Republic? 1923 was an extremely crucial time for Germany with a great shift in culture‚ economy and government. It was falling apart; the German economy had collapsed due to the striking between German workers and French occupiers. Hyperinflation rose so much that the German people were forced to using suitcases and wheelbarrows to carrying money not to mention the fact that the collapse of the currency caused even more havoc
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Gustav Stresemann led Germany through a very difficult period in their history. He had to contend with economic hardships‚ political turbulence and much more. In this essay‚ I will examine his tenure as Chancellor‚ and the ways in which he was able to achieve stability. First of all‚ the severity of the problem that Gustav Stresemann encountered when he first came into power was immense. Not only was there great political instability‚ there was also economic instability. The French occupation
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On August 13‚ 1923‚ Gustav Stresemann was appointed Chancellor during a problematic time for the Weimar Republic. There were still huge economic‚ political and social problems following the First World War. The Weimar Government had been forced to accept the humiliating and crippling terms of the Treaty Of Versailles meaning Germany was put under a huge amount of strain. Germany’s standing in the world had been limited greatly by the Treaty as well. Stresemann had to address these problems and begin
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Gustave Stresemann had a lot of influence over Germany in the period between 1923 and 1929. Before Stresemann took charge in 1923 the Weimar Republic had many problems. In 1922 the government declared that they could no longer pay reparations to France due to severe economic problems. The French angrily responded to this by sending in 60‚000 French and Belgian troops to invade the Ruhr. They took most of Germany’s raw materials‚ the government called for the workers to carry out passive resistance
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insignificant that Stresemann did and that Germany didn’t like it. The things that Stresemann did do for Germany is led the German people to be a part of the League of Nations. Also the French and British didn’t respect Germany and Stresemann showed them that German isn’t bad. Later on French and Britain showed respect to Germany. The things that Germany didn’t like is that it made Germany seem weak or not strong enough to defend themselves from French‚ other than become friends with them. Also Gustav Stresemann
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November criminals/ Blockade‚ the spartacist revolt in 1919‚ democracy- people wanted their old leader Kaiser back‚ Hyperinflation. After Kaiser abdicated in 1918 then friedich Ebert became the president of Germany then Philip Schiedmann became a chancellor. Then on 11th November 1918 Germany signed a armistice and they agreed to stop fighting against Russia‚ France‚ and Britain. Many Germans were very shocked by the decision; even though they didn’t have many choices but they were they were still
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How important was Stresemann to Germany between 1923 to 1929? Introduction Stresemann‚ first aider of Germany all-round played a major part to Germany’s recovery after world war one was therefore very important to Germanys recovery. After the Kaiser fled Germany he left the new found government the Weimar republic to pick up the pieces of the ruined Germany and get the blame for the war loss the German people referred to this as being ‘stabbed in the back’
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£6600m worth of war reparation payments sent Weimar Germany into deep finiancial decline and a economic slump. It was in 1924‚ shortly after Gustav Stresemann introduced the Rentenmark when the situation started to improve‚ started by implementation of the American ’Dawes plan’ in August. The key factors of this plan were the agreement that the reparations should paid over a lengthened period of time‚ and the £100m worth of gold given to Germany to strengthen the currency. Passive resistance in the
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