“If you had silver, they took you into the backroom. That’s where the real groceries were,” recalls Bert Dohmen, who grew up in post-WWII Germany when the Reichsmark had collapsed and trust in paper money was gone. In this week’s summer series on how precious metals save lives, Bert shares how silver coins became the only way to buy food amid the ruins of a 94% destroyed city.
“The only currency left was Hitler’s money. Nobody wanted it. But we had silver—and that meant survival,” he says. As a child, he scavenged bombed-out buildings for metal to trade—copper, zinc, even platinum from old lightning rods. Now, after six decades in the financial markets, Bert reflects: “Gold and silver weren’t just wealth. They were lifelines. That’s a lesson you never forget.” Watch the full interview to hear Bert’s unforgettable story.
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