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3 unusual facts about Bielefeld Agreement


Bielefeld Agreement

The Bielefeld Agreement was an agreement during the Ruhr Uprising of 1920 between the representatives of the Ruhr Red Army and the German government.

The representatives of the government were Post Minister Johannes Giesberts of the Centre Party and the Prussian agriculture minister Otto Braun of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

The regional military commander Generalleutnant Oskar von Watter then tightened the provisions of this ultimatum regarding the surrender of weapons so much so that it was not even technically possible for the rebels to comply with them, even though they were willing to do so.



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