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French soldiers during the Ruhr occupation
rally protesting reparations
Inflation in the Weimar Republic
French soldiers during the Ruhr occupation
Nazi-led rally against the Treaty of Versailles
division of Germany into occupied zones
Japanese black market after World War II
Economic and political crises faced by Germany's Weimar Republic
What were the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles?
Impact of the deutsche mark in Germany
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Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau
German statesman
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes
British economist
Bertil Ohlin
Swedish economist