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mafribe on March 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Germany Tries to Catch Up with Startup World

   a lot of financial aid

Which financial aid have you got in mind? East Germany was basically cleared by the Soviet Union. The Marshall Plan went mostly to the UK and France, only a small part (11%) went to West Germany.

otheotheothe on March 28, 2017 [–]

Yes, still thats a lot of money we got for destructing the world...quiet nice if u ask me.

That money is worth a lot more nowadays.

mafribe on March 29, 2017 | [–]

   lot of money we got for

That's politically rather naive POV, the money was essentially a defence against the Soviet Union.

   worth a lot more nowadays.

About 12 billion, so not much.

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