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.
Originally Germany agreed to pay 226 billion Reichsmarks in reparation payments, but that sum was later reduced, by the Allies, to 132 billion Reichsmarks. Also, according to Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles, the so-called war guilt clause; Germany, and her Allies, accepted responsibility, not just Germany. don't believe Hitler's propaganda that the Treaty forced Germany into war, Hitler just used that as a way to gain the support of the German people. It shows the power of propaganda that many people today still believe Germany was forced into WW1.