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QuietGanache OP t1_j9e4fto wrote on February 21, 2023 at 6:37 AM

Reply to comment by xX609s-hartXx in TIL that East Germany is believed to have made around 3.5B DM off West Germany by ransoming political prisoners by QuietGanache

Could I ask who you're referring to?

xX609s-hartXx t1_j9esaua wrote on February 21, 2023 at 11:56 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Strauss

QuietGanache OP t1_j9eybld wrote on February 21, 2023 at 12:59 PM

Thanks. My impression is that Strauss viewed East Germans as fellow countrymen collectively imprisoned but that may well be incorrect.