Berlin Treaty (1926)
| German-Soviet Treaty of Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Short title: | Berlin Treaty |
| Date: | April 24, 1926 |
| Come into effect: | August 23, 1939 |
| Reference: | Ingo Münch: German-Soviet Treaties . De Gruyter 1971, ISBN 3-11-003933-8 , p. 42 |
| Contract type: | Bilateral |
| Legal matter: | Friendship contract |
| Signing: | April 24, 1926 |
| Ratification : | N / A |
| Please note the note on the applicable contract version . | |
The Berlin Treaty was a friendship treaty signed on April 24, 1926 between the Weimar Republic and the USSR . It was the continuation of the Treaty of Rapallo (1922) and was intended to show the USSR that the German Reich wanted to work together with the West and its allies with the USSR even after the Locarno Treaties . But it brought little news.
content
The treaty contained agreements on trade and on pre-existing military cooperation that was uncovered by the Manchester Guardian in December 1926 . The Weimar Republic assured the Soviet Union that it would remain neutral in the event of a war between the Soviet Union and a third country . This neutrality related primarily to a war between Poland , which was founded from German and Russian territories after the First World War , and the Soviet Union. Because of the neutrality of the German Reich, it would have been more difficult for France to intervene.
development
The government of the German Empire was itself interested in weakening Poland, as influential German circles were planning to restore the eastern borders from before the First World War. The German Reich Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann also wanted to “moderate” the Soviet Union and mediate between the Western powers and the Soviet Union.
The contract originally ran for five years. The Brüning government decided on 24. June 1931 a three-year extension, which, however, only on 5. May 1933 by Hitler in Moscow was ratified.
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, p. 99f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Magnus Brechtken : Die Nationalozialistische Herrschaft 1933-1939 , Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2004, ISBN 3-534-15157-7 , p. 122.
- ^ Rainer F. Schmidt : The foreign policy of the Third Reich 1933-1939. Klett-Cotta 2002, ISBN 3-608-94047-2 , p. 141.