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unusual facts about German Reichsmark



Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday

On the occasion of the birthday, recipients of small incomes received a birthday gift of fifteen German Reichsmarks, plus five Reichsmarks for every dependent, an expenditure totalling 13 million Reichsmarks.

Raymond Davies Hughes

Using the alias of John Charles Baker, Hughes agreed to broadcast propaganda and went to Berlin where he was allowed a substantial degree of freedom, renting a flat while he was employed as a broadcaster and scriptwriter at Radio Metropole, for which he was paid 600 RM monthly.


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