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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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26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr

26th September 2021
Tagged as: Germany, Reparations, Ruhr Valley, Stresemann

Despite the anger from some Germans, Stresemann’s actions laid the foundation for the economic recovery that Germany experienced up until the onset of the Great Depression.

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

26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr

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