BERLIN: In a picturesque wine town about 100km from Frankfurt lies a hidden bunker that for decades was one of Germany’s best-kept secrets.
Built in 1962, the cavernous structure housed alternative deutsche marks, should West Germany’s Cold War foes flood the market with counterfeit banknotes in a bid to trigger hyperinflation.
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