London Conference (1924)

The London Conference (1924) to reparations dealt from July 16th to 16th August 1924 with the payments made by Germany to the victors. It culminated in the contractually agreed Dawes Plan . On the German side, the President of the Reichsbank, Hjalmar Schacht, took part. For the first time after the First World War, from August 5th, Germany was again accepted as an equal member of an international conference. Imperial Chancellor Wilhelm Marx , Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann and Finance Minister Hans Luther traveled to London.

In addition to annual reparation installments, the foreign contracting parties granted a loan of 800 million gold marks to stabilize the Weimar Republic .

See also

• Young plan
• Charles Gates Dawes

literature

• Helmuth KG Rönnefahrt, Heinrich Euler: Conferences and contracts. Contract Ploetz. Handbook of Historically Significant Meetings and Agreements. Part II. Volume 4: Latest Times, 1914–1959. 2nd expanded and changed edition. Ploetz Verlag, Würzburg 1959, pp. 84-92.