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In 1923, something terrifying happened in Berlin, Germany.

A man could walk into a bakery with a wheelbarrow full of cash… and still walk out hungry.

This video tells the true story of hyperinflation in Weimar Germany, when money lost value so fast that prices doubled within hours. Workers were paid multiple times per day, not because they were rich—but because their wages would become worthless by nightfall.

People burned paper money for heat. Children played with stacks of bills. Families used cash as wallpaper because it was cheaper than buying real materials. Life savings were erased almost overnight.

By the time the German government abandoned the old currency and introduced the Rentenmark, the damage was already done. An entire generation lost everything they had worked for.

This is not a metaphor.
This is not a movie.
This actually happened.

History shows that money only has value when people believe in it—and when that belief collapses, so does everything built on top of it.




This video is based on real historical events during Germany’s hyperinflation crisis (1921–1923), when prices doubled in days and life savings were wiped out almost instantly.

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📚 SOURCES & HISTORICAL REFERENCES

• German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv)
• Bundesbank Historical Records
• Adam Fergusson — When Money Dies
• Niall Ferguson — The Ascent of Money
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (Weimar economic context)