The Ruhr Crisis of 1923 and the Establishment of the Economic Information Bureau Hamburg-Bremen
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-676X-2023-1-83-95
Abstract
Aim. To identify the reasons for the establishment in 1923 and the prospects for further activities of the Economic Information bureau Hamburg-Bremen.
Methodology. The article analyzes documents from the funds of the Federal Archive of Germany related to the propaganda campaign during the Ruhr crisis of 1923. The research was conducted with the use of the historical-genetic, retrospective and biographical methods.
Results. The author concludes that the establishment of the Economic Information bureau HamburgBremen was associated with a nationwide propaganda campaign and its direct ties with the government, as well as the presence of stable business contacts abroad. The activities of this organization had a significant potential to exist after the resolution of the Ruhr crisis of 1923.
Research implications. The results of the research contribute to an understanding of the activities of the Economic Information bureau Hamburg-Bremen, and may contribute to further research of this organization in Weimar and Nazi Germany.
About the Author
R. R. Nurislamov
An independent researcher
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ruslan R. Nurislamov – an independent researcher
Moscow
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