Reparations are monetary or material compensation provided to individuals or groups who have been harmed or disadvantaged by past actions or policies, typically related to human rights violations, slavery, colonialism, or systemic discrimination. The goal of reparations is to address historical injustices and help promote reconciliation and justice.
the treaty of Versailles stated that Germany must pay repararations to the allies the hyper inflation started soon after that Germany had to pay over billions of German marks by that time the cost of a loaf of bread would be 3,465 marks Adam
they demanded money because first of all, Germany killed alot of free nch soldiers and destroyed houses, industry and the french wanted to revenge. basically they made Germany accept the war guilt.: ReparationsDemanding money (reparations) from a defeated enemy wasn't some new idea that arose in WW1. It's been done in many peace treaties. Germany had demanded and got a substantial sum from France in 1871, for example; Napoleon had made Prussia pay France a large sum in 1807. In WW1 the Germans demanded a huge sum from Russia following its defeat. That tends to be forgotten. The purpose of repararations is often twofold: (1) to satisfy greed and (2) in order to weaken the defeated country further, over and above the military defeat. JonceyThe allies demanded money from Germany because Germany had killed lots of french soldiers and destroyed France.Also because Both France and Britain thought that Germany should pay for the whole war that had just happened,just because they thought Germany was guilty for all the damage!And we all know a war can not be caused and fought by one country!Jhna15