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Dates: during 1922-1922
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This continuous decline of the mark must mean the gradual disintegration of. German industry and government. Although the average worker is earning only about 300 marks a day, men's suits are priced at 40,000 marks, a pair of street-shoes at 10,000, a liter of milk 48, and other commodities in proportion. From these figures it is evident that the mass of people is swiftly losing its buying power. This means, in the long run: hunger. And the unequivocal teaching of history is that hunger is the torch of revolution...