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QuietGanache OP t1_j97o153 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 9:53 PM

Reply to comment by AnthillOmbudsman in TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners by QuietGanache

Through the 80s, the amount of debt owed by the DDR to the West grew rapidly so it was probably quite convenient to find some extra 'criminals' to sell.