Devisenkommisar

In Weimar Germany, an official appointed to help control the rapid depreciation of the German mark. The devisenkommisar office was created in September 1923 to help tame the hyperinflation experienced in Germany at this time. The office soon take on the right to seize gold, other precious metals, and hard currencies. These attempts to curb inflation failed.

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