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.
1 All the land that Germany gained from Russia through the Brest-Litovsk Treaty of 1918 was confiscated. 2  In this process, Poland was recreated and Germany was separated from East Prussia by the Polish Corridor. Reparations: Thus, as Germany was held responsible for the war, Germany was expected to compensate by paying a huge reparations sum of $32 billion. 2  Alsace-Lorraine, a territory that Germany took from France in 1871, was returned to the French.