Hope springs infernal: the Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists (VdESI) and the Ruhr Crisis of 1923
| dc.contributor.author | Bera, Matthew Richard | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Saunders, Thomas J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-24T23:13:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-24T23:13:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examines the role of the Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists (VdESI) during the Ruhr crisis of 1923. Following the First World War, iron and steel industrialists refused to adjust fully to post-war relationships and systematically opposed the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. With the invasion of the heavily industrialized Ruhr valley by French and Belgian troops in January of 1923, the intransigent position of the VdESI moved into the mainstream of German policy. The association took the lead in the development of the passive resistance campaign and was effectively incorporated into the structure of governance of the Reich. However, over the course of the summer of 1923, the position taken by the Association became increasingly divorced from the actions of individual industrialists in the Ruhr. As the passive resistance campaign degenerated, the VdESI lost the influence it had previously been granted by the state. | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/22507 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | |
| dc.subject.department | Department of History | |
| dc.title | Hope springs infernal: the Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists (VdESI) and the Ruhr Crisis of 1923 | |
| dc.type | Thesis |