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Hiccup wrote on 2010-10-05 06:24
Berlin, Germany -- Nearly 100 years after the end of the first World War, Germany is finally paying back the last of its debt to the Allied nations.
Under the "guilt clause" of the Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1918, Germany was judged wholly responsible for WWI. They were ordered to pay 132 billion German Reichsmark, a little more than 700 billion Euro in today's money.
The final payment will be in the amount of 70 million Euros or just over $96 million, and will be made to Belgium and France on Sunday, October 3rd.
CBS
Source:
Germany Pays Off Last Of WWI Debt | digtriad.com | Triad, NC | Local News
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abc33kr wrote on 2010-10-05 06:32
lol now the history books have to be rewritten that Germany eventually paid off the ww1 debt in 2010.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-10-05 06:34
" WWI paid off."
Every country has debts anyways.
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Hiccup wrote on 2010-10-05 07:11
pffft who cares about my error
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Piko wrote on 2010-10-05 08:25
Now to pay off their Blitzkrieg debts of WWII.
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Magenera wrote on 2010-10-05 11:30
I would have thought this debt would be over because of ww2.
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Zid wrote on 2010-10-05 16:24
Treaties don't end because of war.
Anyways, glad to hear this. One less burden off Germany's shoulders, and a VERY IMPORTANT one at it (This debt was one of the reasons the Nazis rose to power and drove Germany into WWII).