The Weimar Republic faced many threats. What happened in the Ruhr in 1923?

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Exam No:0470_s25_qp_11 Year:2025 Question No:11(a)

Answer:

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- The French and Belgians occupied it.
- The French and Belgians seized coal to compensate for reparations not paid.
- The Germans used passive resistance.
- There was violence and shootings with Germans being killed and expelled.
- The strikes led to a fall in income for the German government.
- The German government printed money, leading to hyperinflation.
- Stresemann ended passive resistance.

Knowledge points:

2.2 Germany, 1918–45

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