International Locarno Conference

Source: UN Library Geneva Contemporary postcard on the occasion of the Locarno conference showing european capitols and representatives in the negotiations

Beginning on 5 October 1925, representatives of the German government lead by Reich Chancellor Hans Luther (DVP) meet in Locarno (Switzerland) with leading statesmen from Czechoslovakia, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain, and Poland to deliberate a European security agreement. On 1 December 1925, the “Treaty of Locarno” is signed. It guarantees the inviolability of Germany’s western borders and provides for the demilitarisation of the Rhineland. The German Reich and Poland declare a mutual renunciation of armed force. Germany is granted membership in the League of Nations and receives a permanent seat on the League of Nations Council.