BERGMANN, CARL
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BERGMANN, CARL (1874–1935), financier; Germany's chief reparations*
advisor. State Secretary in the Finance Ministry during 1920–1921, head of the
Kriegslastenkommission (literally, War Burdens Commission) in Paris, and principal
emissary to the Reparation Commission until 1924, he had served twentyfive
years with the Reichsbank when he became Germany's financial expert at
Versailles. Between the Spa Conference* (July 1920) and acceptance of the
Dawes Plan* (1924), he shifted so often between Berlin,* Paris, London, Brussels,
and Switzerland that he was dubbed the ‘‘International Commuter.'' Before
Dawes, his efforts to fix a reparations debt were compromised either by problems
arising between France and England or by provocative remarks from his
colleagues. As Germany's strongest proponent for fulfilling Allied demands, he
often overlooked the political implications of his recommendations. Walther
Rathenau's* financial confidant when the Foreign Minister signed the Rapallo
Treaty* (April 1922), he privately censured the accord. In 1923 he was a candidate
for the position of Reichsbank President (Hjalmar Schacht* was appointed).
Bergmann retired from both government service and a post with Deutsche
Bank in 1924. His Der Weg der Reparation, published in 1926, appeared in
1927 as The History of Reparations.
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