After World War II, Germany’s debt was cut into half
In 1952, Germany was debt-ridden and had no access to capital. The war-ravaged country had little industry and infrastructure (left)….
Adolf Hitler kept a portrait of Henry Ford in his office
Henry Ford, nowadays famous for establishing Ford and promoting assembly line production, was a rabid anti-Semite. He published works like…
a Soviet republic in Germany
Germany was a monarchy until the German Empire lost the First World War and its political system collapsed. Within a…
Germany is younger than Mexico, Nepal and Liberia
Germany was established in 1871 when 25 smaller states unified. The independent states of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony etc. had jointly…
Caesar invented the Germans
Before Julius Caesar fought the Gallic tribes for Rome (58 to 50 BC), most Romans were unaware of “Germans”. Then…