Germany Toward Unity

The profound and icy mistrust which the German arouses whenever he gets any power into his hands is the aftermath of that vast horrible fear with which, for long centuries, Europe dreaded the wrath of the Teutonic blond beast.

-- FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

The 16 million citizens of East Germany will be $70 billion richer this week, at least on paper. Even before the day of reckoning this past Sunday, crowds had been standing patiently in line to complete the paper work for converting their ostmark savings into deutsche marks at a rate of 1 to 1 for up to 6,000 marks,...

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