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You Won't Believe How Much Money It Took to Buy a Loaf of Bread in 1923 Germany! Imagine needing a wheelbarrow full of cash just to buy a loaf of bread. Sounds absurd, right? Yet, this was the shocking reality in Germany after World War I. The country faced one of the most extreme cases of hyperinflation in history, leaving its economy in ruins...