Weekly Review 7 Flashcards
(36 cards)
How many refugees came to Germany?
10 million
How many prisoners of war stayed in France?
160,000
How many more women than men were there in 1950?
3 million
How much was given to the Western zones in Marshall Aid?
$1.4 million in 1948
What was the exchange policy when the DM was introduced?
every adult given DM60, DM6.5 for every RM100
When was Erhard appointed director of the economic administration?
March 1948
What sort of economy did Erhard want?
social market economy
When was Erhard the economics minister?
1949-63
When was the Reichsmark replaced by the Deutschmark?
21 June 1948
When did the Economic Council give Erhard the power to abolish non-essential rationing?
24 June 1948
When were wages no longer fixed?
November 1948
When was the Equalisation of Burdens Act passed and what was it?
1952 - tax on all assets to compensate those who had lost all in the war