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Word: danat (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Danat. Next morning the storm broke. Danat, the Darmstädter and National bank, smallest of the three D Banks, failed to open its doors. Hysterical investors started runs on the others. To ward off complete calamity Old Paul von Hindenburg authorized the Government to close all German stock exchanges and banks for two days. Beggar Luther, still dizzy from traveling, climbed into his airplane again and rushed off to Basle to beg again from the Bank for International Settlements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Beggar No Chooser | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

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