2 August 1993 What is one to do when the price of food (and everything else) is increasing and there is practically no salary, when a general of a famed army receives a monthly salary of 50 Deutch Marks (according to the official exchange rate), while the average salary stands at around 15 DM and the public is alarmed because […]

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