The German Foreign Minister's Death in the 1929 Referendum

Gustav Stresaman has to be credited as the wiliest figure in german diplomacy since otto von bismarck. He helped negotiate the daws plan of 19 24, which reduced germany's reparations payments. That same year he won the nobel peace prize. The younger generation of right winged germans were more attracted to hitler and the n s d a p. Here was something new, something that hadn't already been tried. After stresaman's death, his party moved farther to the right,. Later that same october came the stock market sh in new york city. December 19 29 saw the referendum on the young plan.