When the Reich yielded on May 8 1945, the assets of Germany, second only to the United States, fell into the hands of the victors. Within 36 months, the time taken for Hitler to create the world's wealthiest nation, Germany was reduced to a shell. Everything from a wristwatch to ocean liners, entire contents of factories, tens of thousands of cars, homes, the world's most precious artworks, and 10 million slaves, were distributed among the British,...
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