> In the United States, quite possibly so. But what about people who already had their wealth literally bombed away? For example, most of Dresden was destroyed.

> In the United States, quite possibly so. But what about people who already had their wealth literally bombed away? For example, most of Dresden was destroyed. It's true for Germany as well and called the Wirtschaftswunder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirtschaftswunder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirtschaftswunder This period of fast growth in Germany happened a bit later than in the US, more like in the 60', 70'.