{"slug": "deutsche-mark", "label": "Deutsche Mark", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Mark", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16068", "qid": "Q16068", "description": "currency in Germany from 1948 to 2002", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1948, 1990], "span_label": ["1948 CE", "1990 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "west-germany", "label": "West Germany", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "luxembourg", "label": "Luxembourg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "berlin", "label": "Berlin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "red-army-faction", "label": "Red Army Faction", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-germany", "label": "East Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-dollar", "label": "United States dollar", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – The Deutsche Mark becomes the official currency of the future Federal Republic of Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#June", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg: Germany will pay 3 billion Deutsche Marks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#July–August", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – In Berlin, Red Army Faction members rob three banks, with loot totaling over DM 200,000.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#September", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – The U.S. dollar floods the European currency markets and especially threatens the Deutsche Mark; the central banks of Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland stop the currency trading.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#May", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – The United States dollar exchange rate with the Deutsche Mark falls to 1.7079 DM, the all-time low so far; this record is not broken until November 5, 1987.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#December", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – German reunification: East Germany and West Germany merge their economies, the West German Deutsche Mark becoming the official currency of the East also. The Inner German border (constructed 1945) also ceases to function.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#July", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › July"}}]}