InevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish • 3 months ago["megaheist movie plot" news] Germany is considering the withdrawal of approximately 1,200 tons of gold, valued at around $124 billion, from a US Federal Reserve vault in New York.archive.phmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-link["megaheist movie plot" news] Germany is considering the withdrawal of approximately 1,200 tons of gold, valued at around $124 billion, from a US Federal Reserve vault in New York.archive.phInevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-square7bicycles [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish26•3 months agowhy does germany have $124 billion in gold in the US Federal Reserve in New York?
minus-squareElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish27•3 months agoI’m guessing something to do with the nazis
minus-squareKestrel [comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish5•3 months agoApparently it goes back to the early cold war with West Germany wanting a strategically safe storage location. They’ve been trying to repatriate for a while now.
minus-squareFourteenEyes [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoNobody really asks about the swastikas stamped on it over here
why does germany have $124 billion in gold in the US Federal Reserve in New York?
I’m guessing something to do with the nazis
Apparently it goes back to the early cold war with West Germany wanting a strategically safe storage location. They’ve been trying to repatriate for a while now.
Nobody really asks about the swastikas stamped on it over here