Recovery Of Weimar Flashcards
Gustav Stresemen
Chancellor for 100 days during Hyperinflation
- introduced new temporary currency “rentenmark” (based of property values instead of gold mines), which restored economy and became “Reichmark”
- created the Young Plan and Dawes Plan
Dawes Plan date
1924
Dawes Plan
Payments for reparations were to be made in smaller chunks (easier)
- more USA loans set up
- indefinite deadline
Locarno Pact date
1925
Locarno Pact
Improved foreign relations
- disputes were to be sorted peacefully
- France respected the borders and Germany accepted the loss of Alsaire Lorraine
League of Nations date
1926
League of Nations
By signing the Locarno Pact, Germany was showing she accepted the TofV
- their reputation was restored
- invited into the League of Nations (broke article 231)
- this helped Stresemen with the Young Plan
Kellogg-Briande Pact date
1928
Kellogg-Briande Pact
Agreement between 65 countries
- committed to settling disputes peacefully
- armies were to be used for self defence only
Young Plan date
1929
Young Plan
Reparations reduced to 20%
- loans were continued and better managed
- end date created
Golden Age of Weimar
1924-29
Period of political stability (life is good!)
Weimar and moderate parties are popular
Hindenburg and Stresemen popular
Weimar Women
Make up
Short skirts + hair
Slim + fashion conscious
Smoked and drank
Had jobs
Interested in politics and could vote 20+
Berlin
Becomes famously vibrant - “culture and arts capital”
- censorship in film & theatre stopped
- modern architecture. eg. Bauhaus Building
- new music styles. eg. Jazz
Otto Dix (artist) painted a women smoking in a bar in a positive light
Nazi Lean Years
1924-29
Most Munich Putch
- Hitler was in prison and used this time to think of new Nazi ideology
- wrote “Mein Kamph” “My Struggle”
- Nazi Party is reorganised
