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11th January 1923: French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area

11th January 2022
Tagged as: First World War, France, Germany, Occupation, Reparations, Ruhr, Treaty of Versailles, Weimar

The occupation of the Ruhr was met with passive resistance by the German workers. Their strike was only called off on 26 September as rampant hyperinflation crippled the German economy.

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15th October 1923: Rentenmark introduced in Weimar Germany in an attempt to stop the hyperinflation crisis

15th October 2021
Tagged as: Economy, Finance, Germany, Hyperinflation, Money, Ruhr, Stresemann, Weimar

The new currency was backed by land that was used by businesses and agriculture, and was introduced at the rate of one Rentenmark to one trillion Papiermarks.

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11th January 1923: French and Belgian troops marched into Germany and occupied the industrial Ruhr area

15th October 1923: Rentenmark introduced in Weimar Germany in an attempt to stop the hyperinflation crisis

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