Personal possessions such as gold wedding rings were confiscated from prisoners, and gold teeth torn from dead bodies, and after cleaning, were deposited in the bank under the false-name Max Heiliger accounts, and melted down as bullion. The bank benefited by the theft of the property of numerous governments invaded by the Germans, especially their gold reserves and much personal property of the Third Reich's many victims, especially the Jews. A 1937 law re-established the Reich Government's control of the Reichsbank, and in 1939, the Reichsbank was renamed the Deutsche Reichsbank (вЂњ Bank of the German ReichвЂќ, lit.: вЂњ Bank of the German RealmвЂќ) and placed under the direct control of Adolf Hitler, with Walther Funk as the last president of the Reichsbank, from 1939 to 1945. The seizure and consolidation of power by the Nazis during the years of the Third Reich also greatly affected the Reichsbank. On 30 August 1924, the Reichsbank began issuing the Reichsmark, which served as the German currency until 1948. One of the key reforms caused by the Dawes Plan was the establishment of the Reichsbank as an institution independent of the Reich government.

Д®conomic reforms, such as the issue of a new provisional currency вЂ“ the Rentenmark вЂ“ and the 1924 Dawes Plan, stabilised German monetary development and thus the economic outlook of the Weimar Republic. The defeat of Imperial Germany in 1918, the economic burden caused by the payment of war reparations to the Allies, and the social unrest in the early years culminated in the German hyperinflation of 1922вЂ“23. The expenses of the war caused inflationary pressure and the mark started to decrease in value. Until World War I, the Reichsbank produced a very stable currency called the Goldmark, but at the outbreak of WWI the link between the mark and gold was abandoned, resulting in the Papiermark. The Reichsbank experienced both stable and volatile periods. Despite the creation of the Reichsbank, however, four of the Notenbanken вЂ“ Baden, Bavaria, Saxony and WГјrttemberg вЂ“ continued to exist until 1914. After several changes and compromises, the law was passed in 1875. In 1874, a draft banking law was introduced in the Reichstag, the federal legislature of the German Reich. In 1870, a law was passed that forbade the formation of further central banks. Each of the independent states issued their own money. Before unification in 1871, Germany had 31 central banks вЂ“ the Notenbanken ('note banks'). Its first president was Hermann von Dechend. It was the central bank of Prussia, under the close control of the Reich government. Fresh from the success of Grave Secrets, Reichs proves once again that she is the consummate crime-writing star.The Reichsbank was founded on 1 January 1876, shortly after the establishment of the German Empire in 1871. With the riveting authenticity that only world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs can bring to her fiction, Bare Bones asks important questions and thrills us to its pulsating end. That someone must be stopped before it's too late. What story do they tell? Why are the X rays and DNA so perplexing? Who is trying to keep Tempe from the answers? Someone is following her. Is it time for emotional commitment? Will she have the chance to find out?Д®verything must wait on the bones. And important personal decisions face Tempe. Daughter Katy has a new boyfriend who Tempe fears may have something to hide. With help from a special detective friend, Tempe must investigate a poignant and terrifying case that comes at the worst possible moment.

What has Tempe's dog, Boyd, unearthed? The remains seem to be of animal origin, but Tempe is shocked when she gets them to her lab. Most puzzling of all are the bones discovered at a remote farm outside Charlotte. Was it pilot error? Something more sinister? And what is the mysterious black substance covering the bodies? Both pilot and passenger are burned beyond recognition. Did she kill her infant, or is an innocent teenager also about to become a victim?ДЄ small plane crashes in a North Carolina cornfield on a sunny afternoon. The mother, Tamela Banks, hardly more than a child herself, has disappeared. She's almost out the door when the bones start appearing.ДЄ newborn's charred remains turn up in a woodstove. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the North Carolina medical examiner, looks forward to her first vacation in years. It's a summer of sizzling heat in Charlotte where Dr. From number one internationally bestselling author Kathy Reichs comes a masterful new novel of cutting-edge forensics and gripping suspense.

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