Hans Luther
German chancellor (1879-1962) · Germany · Politicians · Died at 83
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Something wrong?The technocrat who steadied Germany's currency when a loaf of bread cost billions, then watched from Washington as the regime he'd served domestically sent its ambassador abroad.
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(8-3-26, réunion de la SDN à Genève, de g. à d.) Scialoja, Vandervelde, Luther, Briand, Streseman - btv1b531585980_Luther%2C_Streseman_(d%C3%A9l%C3%A9gu%C3%A9s_allemands_%C3%A0_la_Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_Nations%2C_Gen%C3%A8ve%2C_13_mars_1926)_-_btv1b53159342t.jpg?width=1200)
(De g. à d.) Luther, Streseman (délégués allemands à la Société des Nations, Genève, 13 mars 1926) - btv1b53159342t_Mme_Aschmann%2C_M._Chamberlain%2C_Mme_Volmer%2C_Luther%2C_Mme_Chamberlain%2C_Streseman_-_btv1b53159350b.jpg?width=1200)
(De g. à d.) Mme Aschmann, M. Chamberlain, Mme Volmer, Luther, Mme Chamberlain, Streseman - btv1b53159350b_MM._Hindenburg_et_Luther_passant_les_troupes_en_revue%2C_C.N._-_btv1b531477017.jpg?width=1200)
(Elections présidentielles en Allemagne, devant le Reichstag) MM. Hindenburg et Luther passant les troupes en revue, C.N. - btv1b531477017
10-7-31, MM. Moret et Luther quittant le ministère des finances - btv1b53247760j_Luther_et_Streseman_%C3%A0_leur_h%C3%B4tel_-_btv1b53158770b.jpg?width=1200)
17-3-26, SDN à Genève (de g. à d.) Luther et Streseman à leur hôtel - btv1b53158770b
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00131A, Otto Karl Geßler und Hans LutherAbout this person
Hans Luther was born 10 March 1879. As Minister of Finance in 1923, he helped pull the Mark back from hyperinflation's edge - the kind of crisis where wheelbarrows of cash bought groceries. That work earned him a turn as Chancellor, a 482-day stint from 1925 to 1926 in Weimar's revolving door. He moved to the Reichsbank in 1930, holding its top post through 1933. Then came the pivot: from 1933 to 1937 he served as German Ambassador to the United States, representing the new government from a capital an ocean away. He died 11 May 1962.
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