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To: Jamey who wrote (25686)8/10/2007 11:32:11 AM
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James > Many people in Germany were one step from starvation and using the reischmark to burn for fuel, since wood was more expensive than the money.

Actually my late dad was there at the time as a post-graduate medical student. He had very little money but what he did have was not German and he told me he could live like a king. He kept a suitcaseful of the devalued money which he had when I was growing up -- notes with the value of millions and billions of marks which were actually worthless.

Here is an article which you may find of interest particularly since it is alleged that sub-prime loans are the cause of the present shake-out in the stock markets worldwide:

en.wikipedia.org
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