Young Plan

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The Young Plan was a 1929 agreement that restructured Germany’s World War I reparations by reducing the total amount owed and extending the payment period, aiming to stabilize the Weimar Republic’s economy.

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Young Plan canonical 7
Young Plan committee 1
Young Plan for German reparations 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty
interwar economic agreement
reparations agreement
affected Allied creditor nations
affectedCountry France
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
aimedTo restructure German reparations payments
stabilize the Weimar Republic’s economy
approvedBy Reichstag of the Weimar Republic
cameIntoForce 1930
concerns World War I reparations
context Weimar Republic
interwar period
dateSigned 1929
effectivelyEndedBy Lausanne Conference of 1932
extended reparations payment period
followed Dawes Plan for German reparations after World War I
surface form: Dawes Plan of 1924
goal make German reparations more sustainable
reduce political tensions over reparations
hasCountrySubject Germany
implementedBy Reparations Commission
included creation of the Bank for International Settlements
language English
French
German
legalForm international agreement on reparations
limited foreign supervision of German finances
namedAfter Owen D. Young
negotiatedAt Paris
negotiatedBy Owen D. Young
negotiatedIn 1929
opposedBy Adolf Hitler
Alfred Hugenberg
German nationalists
paymentPeriodLength 59 years
providedFor end of foreign controls over German economy
reduced total reparations amount owed by Germany
relatedTo Dawes Plan for German reparations after World War I
surface form: Dawes Plan

Treaty of Versailles reparations
replaced Dawes Plan for German reparations after World War I
surface form: Dawes Plan
scheduledFinalPaymentYear 1988
subjectMatter international finance
war reparations
suspendedBy Hoover Moratorium
totalReparationsAmount approximately 112 billion Reichsmarks
approximately 26.35 billion gold marks
triggered German nationalist referendum campaign
underminedBy Great Depression

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Gustav Stresemann knownFor Young Plan
this entity surface form: Young Plan negotiations
Owen D. Young knownFor Young Plan
this entity surface form: Young Plan for German reparations
Owen D. Young memberOf Young Plan
this entity surface form: Young Plan committee
Owen D. Young notableWork Young Plan
Hoover Moratorium relatedTo Young Plan
Lausanne Agreement follows Young Plan
Dawes Plan for German reparations after World War I followedBy Young Plan
subject surface form: Dawes Plan