1.1k Views. Well, the torch is must less than a symbol than the flame that it holds. Back in the day, when Ancient Greece held the Olympics-there a sacred flame was lit from the sunâs rays at Olympia, and stayed lit until the Games were completed.
Germany finishes paying WWI reparations, ending century of 'guilt'. Few people in Germany noted the country's final $94 million WWI reparations payment on Sunday. Some historians say that's for the best. October 4, 2010. The Reichstag building is illuminated with a German flag during a reception marking the 20th anniversary of Germany's reunification in Berlin, Germany, on Oct. 3.
As we know, Germany was defeated in World War I. Hitler, like many other Germans, was angry about the defeat and about the conditions imposed on Germany by the Versailles Trea â¦ ty. The Versailles Treaty said that Germany must pay reparations, or payments for the costs of the war, to other countries.e was raised a Catholic Pole (from Poland), later becoming a German citizen of varying belief centered around Christianity. ____ He was born in Braunau am Inn, A â¦ ustria, the son of Roman Catholic parents on 20 April 1889 and had a Roman Catholic upbringing.