German Stamps from The Period of Hyper Inflation during the 1920's
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It cost 60,000 Marks to send a letter from Hamburg to Bradford
Turning out cupboards and drawers as part of a house-cleaning exercise, I found my late father-in-law's stamp albums. "Grandpa", as he is still affectionately known in this house, was a classic, if geeky, little boy. He loved steam engines, stamp collections and chess, passions which have descended to later generations, hence the presence in our house of these memorabilia.
The memories of school history lessons came into my mind. This was like holding history in my hands, dangerous, frightening history. This period of hyper-inflation, following on the devastation of the First World War, undermined the stability of German society. People could not afford to buy food. Middle-class families saw their entire savings wiped out. It was into the vacuum of confidence and security thus created, that Hitler stepped. He found an "enemy" to blame. The Jews. |
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