4. Aperinflation refers to when the value of money drops rapidly. During World War 1, Germany paid
for the war by borrowing. The German Mark steadily lost value as the war went on and German people
could buy less and less. After losing the war, Germany was required to make large payments to the Allies.
They paid all the debts that they could by printing more money. Soon the German Mark was worthless.
When the war had started, the U.S. Dollar was worth around four German Marks. By November of 1923,
one U.S. Dollar was worth 4,210,500,000,000 German Marks. At this point the money had more value as
a fuel than as a currency, and people burned it to stay warm.
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