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The Crisis of 1923 History 323 / March 6, 2013. The “ Big Four ” at Versailles. German territorial losses, 1919-1921. The SMS Bayern scuttled at Scapa Flow (June 21, 1919). Wolfgang Kapp (1858-1922). The Kapp putsch: the Freikorps on patrol in Berlin.
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Matthias Erzberger(1875-1921)Finance minister, 1919-20Assassinated by“Organisation Consul,”Aug. 26, 1921
Rapallo, Italy: the German Chancellorand the Russian delegation, April 1922
Wilhelm Cuno(1876-1933)Chairman of Hapag Lloyd“Non-partisan” Chancellor,Nov. 1922 – Aug. 1923
“No! You can’t force me!” The policy of“passive resistance”
The great inflation:Bank notes for 200,000and 50,000,000 Marks
Gustav Stresemann(1878-1929)Chancellor of a“Grand Coalition” cabinet,Sept.-Nov. 1923
Gustav Ritter von Kahr(1862-1934)Bavarian prime minister, 1920-21Bavarian“State Commissioner,”fall 1923
At the trial, 1924: Hitler, Ludendorff, and other supporters