oct 3, 1929 - Stresemann dies

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Stresemann died of a stroke at the age of 51. Without his help, the Nazi party would eventually use all of Germany's problems to rise to power and start the second world war - a prospect Stresemann had seemingly knew already.

<blockquote><p>"If the allies had obliged me just one single time, I would have brought the German people behind me, yes; even today, I could still get them to support me. However, they (the allies) gave me nothing and the minor concessions they made, always came too late. Thus, nothing else remains for us but brutal force. The future lies in the hands of the new generation. Moreover, they, the German youth, who we could have won for peace and reconstruction, we have lost. Herein lies my tragedy and there, the allies' crime." - Stresemann</p></blockquote>

Stresemann had also commented on the reliance of loans to America;
<blockquote><p>"The economic position is only flourishing on the surface. Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano. If the short-term credits are called in, a large section of our economy would collapse."</p></blockquote>

This was the end of the Golden years for Weimar Germany - what lay ahead was a twisted rise of evil.

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