Stresemann: The Weaknesses Of The Weimar Republic

Stresemann, Gustav was German politician who worked as Chancellor in 1923 and also as a Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic in the period of 1923-1929. Some historians saw him as a hero. Because he made many beneficial things to survive the Weimar Republic. But other some believe that there are many other people, including Charles G. Dawes and important events that happened at that time. There were some reasons for Stresemann was most significant and responsible for Germany at that time. First of all, When Stresemann became a Chancellor in 1923, Stresemann introduced a new currency which was called ‘Rentenmark’. He replaced the old one with the new currency and destroyed the old bank notes. The new Rentenmark values with 1000 billion …show more content…
Eventually, there were many weaknesses of the Weimar Republic under Stresemann’s control. When Stresemann agreed to start paying the reparations and moved against the French occupation of the Ruhr, people became mad at him, he lost their trusts and Stresemann became unpopular in Germany. Some nationalists tried to attack Stresemann Gustav for joining the League of Nations. These opposing actions can show you that the Stresemann’s the Weimar Republic had foreign weaknesses in the period of 1923 to 1929. For politics, about 30% of the votes were opposition parties of the Republic. The Nazis who wanted to destroy the Weimar Republic became more powerful and increased its strengths. About economics, the Dawes and Young plan and also 800 million German marks help from the USA which were made under the Stresemann Gustav control made the Weimar Republic in danger. It was a short time help and after a while, the interests of the US loans increased to the high level. At that time, the farmers and owners of the small businesses were main losers. Because, it was more profitable for the larger departments rather than little