Paul asked me the following question: “If you had a thousand dollars in reichsmarks to spend in two days, what would you buy?” I thought it over very carefully and came to the conclusion that there was nothing left in Germany on which one could spend a thousand dollars in two days, unless he bought property. One could not buy clothing, he couldn’t buy food, he couldn’t even spend that much money on a spree. Money had completely lost its meaning as a unit of purchase.
