In Germany, many people don't trust investing their money - even in sure state bonds. Most of this money is inherited money or lifelong hard saved money. Also,

In Germany, many people don't trust investing their money - even in sure state bonds. Most of this money is inherited money or lifelong hard saved money. Also, many people got rich just because they happened to own land on a now urban area. Criminality is pretty low in Germany. So the case exposed in this article that many people have money seems normal to me.