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“I do feel ashamed of having participated to the slightest even as a tool in those dark days. But I was obliged to serve the state to which I had taken an oath. It was a tragic fate.”

Quote by Walther Funk

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Walther Funk (August 18, 1890 - May 31, 1960) was a German economist and politician. His career and life experience are limited in available information. more

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