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.
Summary. Reparations were the payments which required Germany to pay to repair all the damage of the war. The first problem was to work out how much. The figure was changed many times during 1919 1921.inally, as the crisis got worse, in 1932, the Allies ended reparations. Reparations were the payments required by the Treaty of Versailles, by which Germany had to pay to repair all the damage of the war. To the victors, it seemed fair.