History glossary
Reparations Commission
the Allied body that fixed Germany's reparations bill and payment schedule after Versailles.
- Category
- Institution
- Region
- Europe
- Date range
- 1919-1930s
What it means
The Reparations Commission was the Allied body created by the Treaty of Versailles to assess Germany's reparations obligations and set the payment schedule. In 1921 it fixed the total at 132 billion gold marks, a figure that became central to postwar conflict.
