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Afaik, the printed money to continue paying all the wages for the workers in the occupied area, who went on strike, due to the occupation. Don't think they coul
by pintxo 2y ago
Afaik, the printed money to continue paying all the wages for the workers in the occupied area, who went on strike, due to the occupation. Don't think they could pay reparations with freshly printed Reichsmark.
- Maakuth 2y agoCould be! Adam Tooze's book about the Nazi regime's finances was a good read and there were details about this, but I might have misremembered (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/711592.The_Wages_of_Destruction https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/711592.The_Wages_of_Dest...).