demobilization

Demobilization describes the policy of economic and social coercive measures implemented by the state at the beginning of the Weimar Republic in order to accelerate the return of the economy from war to peace. In 1917, the share had amounted to almost 80 percent of government spending (Abelshauser / Petzina / Faust 1978, p. 148) and was fully aimed at supporting warfare. The repatriation was directed by the Reich Office for Economic Demobilization . The main task was the reintegration of six million returning soldiers. After various changes, this demobilization institution was dissolved in 1920. The demobilization measures were continued by other state institutions, for example the Reich Ministry of Labor .

See also : German economic history in the First World War

literature

• Abelshauser, Werner / Petzina, Dietmar / Faust, Anselm (1978): Social History Workbook III. CH Beck's Verlag, Munich
• Preller, Ludwig (1978): Social Policy in the Weimar Republic. Athenaeum publishing house, Düsseldorf