This series is a reminder of an anecdote from the era of the 1923 day a German woman was standing on the sidewalk in the food line when her four-year-old broke and ran away. The mother set down her basketful of Marks to chase after him. When she returned with the child in tow. the money was spilled all over the sidewalk and someone had stolen her basket!

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