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East Germany

East Germany buried, then burned its old banknotes

2015-05-23
By: Owen Linzmayer
On: 2015-05-23
In: Europe
Tagged: East Germany, Germany
With: 0 Comments

Check out this great article from The New Indian Press dated 23 May 2015, which explains how and why East Germany buried and then burned many tons of banknotes when reunifying with West Germany.Read More…

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