Lausanne Conference of 1932

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The Lausanne Conference of 1932 was an international meeting held in Switzerland where European powers, particularly Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, negotiated the reduction and eventual cancellation of German reparations from World War I amid the Great Depression.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic conference
historical event
international conference
aim end the reparations system established after World War I
reduce political tensions in Europe
stabilize European economies during the Great Depression
chairperson Ramsay MacDonald
continent Europe
country Switzerland
endDate 1932-07-09
followed Hoover Moratorium
Treaty of Versailles reparations regime
Young Plan
hasCause German economic crisis
Great Depression
political instability in Weimar Germany
historicalPeriod interwar period
language English
French
German
location Lausanne
mainSubject German reparations
World War I reparations
interwar debt crisis
participant Belgium
French Third Republic
Germany
Italy
Japan
United Kingdom
United States (observer)
precededBy Hague Conference of 1930
relatedTo Allied war debts
Weimar Republic
international financial crisis of 1931
representedBy André Tardieu
Franz von Papen
Heinrich Brüning
Ramsay MacDonald
Édouard Herriot
result Lausanne Agreement
conditional settlement dependent on agreement with the United States on war debts
effective cancellation of German reparations
reduction of German reparations obligations to a lump sum
significance illustrated limits of U.S. participation in European debt settlements
marked the de facto end of the Versailles reparations system
startDate 1932-06-16

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
London Economic Conference
followed

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