When hyperinflation drove Germans to use money as kindling

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1923

Children use bundles of banknotes as building blocks.

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In 1914, the exchange rate of the German mark to the American dollar was about 4.2 to one. Nine years later, it was 4.2 trillion to one

The out-of-control inflation began somewhat mildly during...

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