It was a bit like going from the Swiss Franc or the German Mark to the Euro.

If we do not resolve the euro crisis, we will all pay the price. And if we do resolve it, we will all benefit, particularly German taxpayers and savers.

It felt a bit like a morgue.

Yeah, you are, you're a bit of a poser.

Bulgaria was the only Axis country to deflect insistent German demands for the deportation of its Jews.

Mark did set a high bar. It is certainly going to be a big void to fill.