In the 1920’s, Germany ended up having to pay only a small fraction of its reparation bill, but the long time it took to get to that point prevented the full recovery of Europe, made Germany itself the most conspicuous victim of the Great Depression, and bred widespread resentment, with dire political consequences. German Chancellor Angela Merkel would do well to ponder that history.
在20世纪20年代，最终的结果是德国只偿还了战争赔款的一小部分，但由于达到这一点耗费了太长的时间，欧洲的完全复苏不得不推迟，这使得德国成为大萧条最显而易见的受害者，其国内出现了大规模不满，最终造成了灾难性的整治后果。德国总理默克尔应该好好反思一下历史。