Gustav Stresemann
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Gustav Ernst Stresemann was a German statesman who served as chancellor of Germany from August to November 1923, and as foreign minister from 1923 to 1929. His most notable achievement was the reconciliation between Germany and France, for which he and French Prime Minister Aristide Briand received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. During a period of political instability and fragile, short-lived governments, Stresemann was the most influential politician in most of the Weimar Republic's existence.
Streseman (middle) with the German delegation at the 1925 Locarno Treaties, Autochrome by Roger Dumas
1929 Autochrome of Streseman in The Hague by Stéphane Passet
Stresemann in September 1929 shortly before his death with his wife Käth and son Wolfgang
Occupation of the Ruhr
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The Occupation of the Ruhr was a period of military occupation of the Ruhr region of Germany by France and Belgium from 11 January 1923 to 25 August 1925.
French soldiers and a German civilian in the Ruhr in 1923
French Chasseurs Alpins in Buer
French troops in Dortmund
Protests by gymnasts from the Ruhr at the 1923 Munich Gymnastics Festival (The sign on the left reads "German the Ruhr remains" [unusual word order in the original, for emphasis]; the sign on the right reads "We never ever want to be servants!" )