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Gustav Stresemann
- Abolished the existing currency which was
worthless after hyperinflation
- Set up the new currency, the Rentenmark
- Gave a newly independent bank, the
Reichsbank control of the Rentenmark
- This ensures confidence in Germany
from foreign countries and at home
- Persuaded the other great nations to let Germany into the League of Nations
- They got a position of the Nations council
which made important decisions
- Showed that Germany was being considered
as an equal-not just dictated to
- Agreed to the Dawes Plan in April 1924
- This plan was that annual payments of the reparations
were reduced to an affordable level and that American
banks gave loans and invested in German industry
- The French left the Ruhr because they were
assured that the reparations would be paid
- As a result of this...
- Industrial output doubled during 1923-28
- Imports and exports increased
- Employment went up
- Government income
from taxes went up
- Agreed to Young Plan in August 1929
- Reduced reparations from £6.6 billion to £2
billion and gave Germany 59 years to pay
- This meant that the amount they has to
pay each month was much more
manageable, and taxes could be lowered
- Released a lot of spending power
- Boosted economy and industry
- Signed Locarno Pact in October 1925
- Said that...
- France was at peace with Germany
- Germany would keep its 1919 border
- Germany would be considered for
the League of Nations
- The last allied troops would leave the Rhineland
- Joined the left and right together
- He was supported by both moderate left and right wing parties
- He could pass measures easily