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The new German Marks – 20. Juni 1948; What happened that Sunday and in the days that followed was almost incomprehensible for the Germans. After nine years of war and post-war deprivation, the shop shelves filled with goods and suddenly everything was available again.
A few days preceding June 20, American, British, and French troops had quietly dispersed 23,000 wooden crates throughout the country. They were labeled, “Doorknobs.” (Operation Bird Dog, February to April 1948) In reality, these boxes contained Germany’s new bank notes, printed in the United States.
In April 1948 USA, France, England brought to life a currency committee consisting of German specialists and tackled the currency reform, in top secret consultations. (Konklave von Rothwesten). The Soviet military government didn’t know anything about this – and also the population was not supposed to find out anything about the secret consultations; merely around a dozen specialists were informed about the exact date on which the “Deutsche Mark” was going to be implemented.
"Währungsreform vor 65 Jahren: "Geburt" der D-Mark begann in Bremerhaven" May 10, 2013
bremerhaven.de/meer-erleben/stadtleben/waehrungsreform-vor-65-jahren-geburt-der-d-mark-begann-in-bremerhaven.56948.html
"60 Jahre Währungsreform"
bundesbank.de/Redaktion/DE/Standardartikel/Bundesbank/Aufgaben_und_Organisation/60_jahre_waehrungsreform.html
"The (true) story of a currency reform"
allgrund.com/top10/immoinfo/4-1998_en.htm
"Wallet-in" J. Elke Ertle, 2013
walled-in-berlin.com/tag/doorknobs
"Das Bundsarchiv"
filmothek.bundesarchiv.de
"Deutsche Wochenschau Filmarchiv"
deutsche-wochenschau.de
youtube.com/user/wochenschau/videos
...
"20 June, 1948: Currency reform in Germany"
today-in-history.de/index.php?what=thmanu&manu_id=1493&tag=20&monat=6&year=2012&dayisset=1&lang=en
"Wallet-in" J. Elke Ertle, 2013
walled-in-berlin.com/tag/doorknobs
"20 Juni 1948 - Währungsreform tritt in Kraft: Neues Geld - neue Herausforderungen" Operation Bird Dog,
www1.wdr.de/themen/archiv/stichtag/stichtag7590.html
"20 Juni 1948: Währungsreform"
kalenderblatt.de/index.php?what=thmanu&manu_id=175&tag=20&monat=6&weekd=&weekdnum=&year=1913&dayisset=1&lang=de
"60 Jahre Soziale Marktwirtschaft in Deutschland - Wie alles begann"
dw.de/60-jahre-soziale-marktwirtschaft-in-deutschland-wie-alles-begann/a-3405014
Die Währungsreform 1948 - oder die "Entnazifizierung des Geldes"
landesarchiv-bw.de/sixcms/media.php/120/42464/Archivnachrichten_36_Quellen_35_kl.10699.pdf
"Warum die Deutschen ihre D-Mark so lieben"
Die Welt, 20 June, 2008
welt.de/finanzen/article2124857/Warum-die-Deutschen-ihre-D-Mark-so-lieben.html
Museum Währungsreform 1948
Haus Posen, auf dem Gelände der ehemaligen Fritz-Erler-Kaserne
museen-in-hessen.de/museum/?id=371
Währungsmuseum Fuldatal
muenztreff.de/directory/museen/fuldatal.php
"Museum Währungsreform steuert seinen 40.000. Besucher an"
HNA, September 14, 2014
hna.de/kassel/kreis-kassel/kuchenbuffet-altem-geldschrank-3859693.ht
The new German Marks – 20. Juni 1948; What happened that Sunday and in the days that followed was almost incomprehensible for the Germans. After nine years of war and post-war deprivation, the shop shelves filled with goods and suddenly everything was available again.
A few days preceding June 20, American, British, and French troops had quietly dispersed 23,000 wooden crates throughout the country. They were labeled, “Doorknobs.” (Operation Bird Dog, February to April 1948) In reality, these boxes contained Germany’s new bank notes, printed in the United States.
In April 1948 USA, France, England brought to life a currency committee consisting of German specialists and tackled the currency reform, in top secret consultations. (Konklave von Rothwesten). The Soviet military government didn’t know anything about this – and also the population was not supposed to find out anything about the secret consultations; merely around a dozen specialists were informed about the exact date on which the “Deutsche Mark” was going to be implemented.
"Währungsreform vor 65 Jahren: "Geburt" der D-Mark begann in Bremerhaven" May 10, 2013
bremerhaven.de/meer-erleben/stadtleben/waehrungsreform-vor-65-jahren-geburt-der-d-mark-begann-in-bremerhaven.56948.html
"60 Jahre Währungsreform"
bundesbank.de/Redaktion/DE/Standardartikel/Bundesbank/Aufgaben_und_Organisation/60_jahre_waehrungsreform.html
"The (true) story of a currency reform"
allgrund.com/top10/immoinfo/4-1998_en.htm
"Wallet-in" J. Elke Ertle, 2013
walled-in-berlin.com/tag/doorknobs
"Das Bundsarchiv"
filmothek.bundesarchiv.de
"Deutsche Wochenschau Filmarchiv"
deutsche-wochenschau.de
youtube.com/user/wochenschau/videos
...
"20 June, 1948: Currency reform in Germany"
today-in-history.de/index.php?what=thmanu&manu_id=1493&tag=20&monat=6&year=2012&dayisset=1&lang=en
"Wallet-in" J. Elke Ertle, 2013
walled-in-berlin.com/tag/doorknobs
"20 Juni 1948 - Währungsreform tritt in Kraft: Neues Geld - neue Herausforderungen" Operation Bird Dog,
www1.wdr.de/themen/archiv/stichtag/stichtag7590.html
"20 Juni 1948: Währungsreform"
kalenderblatt.de/index.php?what=thmanu&manu_id=175&tag=20&monat=6&weekd=&weekdnum=&year=1913&dayisset=1&lang=de
"60 Jahre Soziale Marktwirtschaft in Deutschland - Wie alles begann"
dw.de/60-jahre-soziale-marktwirtschaft-in-deutschland-wie-alles-begann/a-3405014
Die Währungsreform 1948 - oder die "Entnazifizierung des Geldes"
landesarchiv-bw.de/sixcms/media.php/120/42464/Archivnachrichten_36_Quellen_35_kl.10699.pdf
"Warum die Deutschen ihre D-Mark so lieben"
Die Welt, 20 June, 2008
welt.de/finanzen/article2124857/Warum-die-Deutschen-ihre-D-Mark-so-lieben.html
Museum Währungsreform 1948
Haus Posen, auf dem Gelände der ehemaligen Fritz-Erler-Kaserne
museen-in-hessen.de/museum/?id=371
Währungsmuseum Fuldatal
muenztreff.de/directory/museen/fuldatal.php
"Museum Währungsreform steuert seinen 40.000. Besucher an"
HNA, September 14, 2014
hna.de/kassel/kreis-kassel/kuchenbuffet-altem-geldschrank-3859693.ht
