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The Octopus of Crisis, cover of a brochure relating to the crisis caused by the...

The Octopus of Crisis, cover of a brochure relating to the crisis caused by the reparations imposed on Germany
First World War (1914-1918)
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Revenge
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thomas theodor heine
First World War (1914-1918)
war
economy
greed
world war
reparation
strangling
globe
tentacles
extortion
loan
Revenge
debts
global
multinational
red
loans
multi-national
economic
one
world
critical
Strangulation
Repayment
debt
thomas theodor heine
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The Octopus of Crisis, cover of a brochure relating to the crisis caused by the reparations imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles (1918), Hamburg 1931 (colour litho)

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Heine, Thomas Theodor (1867-1948) / German

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1931 AD (C20th AD)

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La Pieuvre de la crise;

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