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May 24, 2022,
updated June 8, 2023. The strange business of selling fakes, forgeries and other concoctions attributed to Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and other Nazi criminals. Hitler tourism, September 1940 Exchange rates/value of money October 1940
Hitler tourism, September 1940 In September 1940, while the Battle of
Britain was in full swing, a Dutch reporter with
clear nazi sympathies visited Leonding, where
Hitler had lived as a child. The described
reproductions of watercolors originate from the Hoffmann portfolio: “Leonding is a small town, which is located
in a charming environment of meadows and orchards at
a relatively short distance from Linz. Its white
church tower with an onion-shaped spire can already
be seen from some distance away. Nearby stands a
simple, solid yellow and whitewashed house with
green window frames and a dark grey tiled roof.
Crossing the road, we visited the grave of
Hitler's parents, which is located against the
cemetery wall in the shadow of the church tower. It
is covered by a stone, which we found completely
covered with flowers, among which several flower
bushes with the inscription "Von den
Hollandkindern" [presented by the children
from the Netherlands]. (...)” Naar de Oostmark. Een bezoek
aan Leonding. Een jeugdherinnering omtrent den
Führer. Het graf zijner ouders. Het
Vaderland,
's-Gravenhage, 22-09-1940. About the shown wood carving: detail of the Last Supper from Tilman Riemenschneider's Altar of the Holy Blood, 1501-05, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany. Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_carving#/media/File:Rothenburg_ob_der_Tauber_2011_St_Jakob_002.JPG To
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page. Exchange rates / value of money, October 1940 Take notice: due to the war conditions and black markets these exchange rates, published in De Telegraaf, a Dutch newspaper in German occupied Europe, probably do not necessarily represent the actual values. Exchanges Rates London (official) 1 UK pound = 4.02 US dollar. 1 US dollar = 0.25 UK pound 1 UK pound = 4.45 Canadian dollar 1 Canadian dollar = 0.22 UK pound 1 UK pound = 17.50 Swiss francs 1 Swiss franc =0.057 UK pound 1 UK pound = 16.90 Swedish krone 1 Swedish kron = 0.059 UK pound 1 UK pound = 17 Brazilian real 1 Brazilian real = 0.058 UK pound Exchanges Rates Berlin 1 Reichsmark (RM) = 2.50 US dollar 1 US dollar = 0.40 RM 1 RM = 2.10 Canadian dollar 1 Canadian dollar = 0.47 RM 1 RM = 1.32 NL guilder 1 NL guilder = 0.75 RM 1 RM = 40 B franc 1 B franc = 0.025 RM 1 RM = 5.60(?) F franc 1 F franc = 0.18(?) RM Geld- en wisselmarkt. De Telegraaf, Amsterdam, 06-10-1940. https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110579248:mpeg21:a0187 CPI Inflation Calculator – for US dollars.This inflation calculator uses official records published by the U.S. Department of Labor. https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/ Convertisseur franc-euro. Pouvoir d'achat
de l'euro et du franc. Le
convertisseur franc-euro mesure l'érosion
monétaire due à l'inflation. Historischer Währungsrechner. Österreichische Nationalbank (Geldwertrechner). https://www.eurologisch.at/docroot/waehrungsrechner/#/ Value of the Guilder/Euro. International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam. https://iisg.amsterdam/en/research/projects/hpw/calculate.php
Jérôme Blanc.
Pouvoirs et monnaie durant la seconde guerre
mondiale en France : la monnaie subordonnée au
politique. International conference on War, Money
and Finance, ” Monetary and Financial Structures:
The Impact of Political Unrests and Wars ”. , Jun
2008, Paris, Nanterre, France. Pages 6, 11, 12,
16-17, 21, 22.
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