The Morgenthau Plan was a proposal to weaken Germany following World War II by eliminating its arms industry and civilian industry. This included the removal or destruction of all military and civilia
Roosevelt and Morgenthau, who have been described as "two of a kind"
After World War II, both the Federal Republic and the Democratic Republic of Germany were obliged to pay war reparations to the Allied governments, according to the Potsdam Conference. Italian, Romani
Excerpt Akte R 27320, page 114 (political archive of the German Federal Foreign Office)