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
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reduce political tensions in Europe → stabilize European economies during the Great Depression → |
| chairperson |
Ramsay MacDonald
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|
| continent |
Europe
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|
| country |
Switzerland
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| endDate |
1932-07-09
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| followed |
Hoover Moratorium
→
Treaty of Versailles reparations regime → Young Plan → |
| hasCause |
German economic crisis
→
Great Depression → political instability in Weimar Germany → |
| historicalPeriod |
interwar period
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|
| language |
English
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French → German → |
| location |
Lausanne
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| 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
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|
| 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
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
London Economic Conference
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followed |