The Germans were supposed to pay reparations, but they were broke, so they printed more money.

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Haiti also had to borrow to pay crippling reparations to France, the former colonial power: the loans were not paid off until 1947.

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In exchange, Iraq is being offered what amounts to a timetable for an expanded and improved version of the oil-for-food agreement (the deal under which Iraq sells a set amount of oil to pay for humanitarian relief and war reparations).

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The German president visited Kalavryta in 2000 to pay his respects but stopped short of an official apology so as not to broach the topic of reparations.

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