A Period of peace

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1923 - 1929

• A Period of peace stability?

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Gustav Stresemann

• The Weimar Republics most respected politician
• Prime Minister in 1923
• Foreign Minister to 1929
• He started the Conservative German Peoples Party
  (DVP) in 1918
• He presided over a period of relative peace and
  prosperity.

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How did Stresemann stablise Germany?

• Politically
• He crushed a rebellion in Saxony
• He restored order after Munich Putsch
• He negotiated French withdrawal from Ruhr
• Economically
• He created a new currency. The Rentenmark to
  replace the devalued Reichsmark
• He agreed to the Dawes Plan to spread out German
  Reparations payments to the allies.
• Encouraged investment in assembly lines
• Diplomatically
• He signed the Locarno Pact France, GB, Belgium
  and Germany agreed on existing borders.
• He joined the League of Nations
• Awarded the Nobel peace prize
• He signed the Kellogg-Briand pact outlawing war.

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The Glory Years

• Culturally, the 1920s was a period of
  experimentation and dynamism.
• Art, Architecture, Theatre, Dance, Literature all
  underwent profound changes.
• The improved economy provides new opportunities
• So think that it is too decadent
• Jewish association.

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Hoech
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Feininger
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The Bauhaus School of Architecture
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Einstein Tower
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Bertolt Brecht
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• What happened to the Nazi vote between 1924 and
  1928?
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• Which party benefited most from during this
  period?
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• What criticisms were made of Stresemann? What was
  his answer?
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• In the 1920s, Weimar Germany was famous for its
  artistic freedom. List as many examples as
  possible of arts, artists and art forms devised
  in this period.
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• What would the Nazis have to say about this
  cultural period?
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Grosz
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Homework Obituary

• In October 1929, Stresemann died of a stroke. The
  timing could not have been worse for the Weimar
  Republic
• Write 2 obituaries describing his achievements in
  the 1920s.
• Obituary 1 should be from a sympathetic
  pro-Weimar newspaper
• Obituary 2 should be from a hostile Nazi newspaper