Was the Munich Putsch before or after Stresemanns actions?
Not sure which actions you are refering to, but as chancellor, Stresemann went a long way towards resolving the crisis. In the so-called year of crises (1923) he showed strength by calling-off the popular passive resistance at the Ruhr. Since Germany was no longer able to pay the striking workers, more and more money was printed, which finally led to hyperinflation. Hans Luther, who was the current finance minister, ended this disastrous process by introducing a new currency, the Rentenmark, which reassured the people that the democratic system was willing and able to solve urgent problems. Stresemann’s decision to end passive resistance was motivated by his view that Germany had to at least make a good faith effort to fulfill the terms of Versailles. He, like virtually every German, felt Versailles was an onerous Diktat that sullied the nation’s honor. However, he felt that by trying to fulfill Versailles’ terms, Germany could demonstrate that the reparations bill was truly beyond its
