["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.

InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net · 2 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.

7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.net · 2 months ago

why does germany have $124 billion in gold in the US Federal Reserve in New York?

ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net · 2 months ago

I’m guessing something to do with the nazis

Kestrel [comrade/them]@hexbear.net · 2 months ago

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.

FourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.net · 2 months ago

Nobody really asks about the swastikas stamped on it over here

["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.

["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.

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