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.
Dawes Plan. The Allies and Germany accepted the Dawes Plan in August 1924, thus averting an international crisis. France consented to withdraw from German soil only because the troublesome issue of the total amount of the reparations bill was not mentioned and left for future determination. In 1921, the international Reparations Commission was established to determine the scope of damages caused by Germany during World War I. An unrealistically high total of $33 billion was forced on the defeated nation, but it managed to make an initial installment payment in September 1921.