Gustav Stresemann (1878 - 1929) became Reich Chancellor when the young Weimar Republic was once again plunged into chaos: in the crisis year of 1923. Germany was still suffering the consequences of the lost war and the Treaty of Versailles. France and Belgium occupied the Ruhr region to force billions in reparations and gain control over the important industrial region. Inflation reached its peak. Communist uprisings threatened from the left, and the radical right called for a national dictatorship. Becoming chancellor at such a time was "really political suicide," Stresemann wrote to his wife.
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Charlemagne and the Saxons Frederick II. and the Crusade Hildegard of Bingen and the Power of Women Charles IV. and the Black Death Thomas Müntzer and the Peasants' War Augustus the Strong and Love Karl Marx and the Class Struggle Ludwig II. and the Bavarians Rosa Luxemburg and Freedom Gustav Stresemann and the Republic
Charlemagne and the Saxons Frederick II. and the Crusade Hildegard of Bingen and the Power of Women Charles IV. and the Black Death Thomas Müntzer and the Peasants' War Augustus the Strong and Love Karl Marx and the Class Struggle Ludwig II. and the Bavarians Rosa Luxemburg and Freedom Gustav Stresemann and the Republic
