When they had destroyed as many coins and notes as they could during WW2 and the ensuing four years, as if preparation for the new fake Royal Family themed currency, they realized they could have spent the destroyed currency.

Including on more genocide and mass torture. There was surprisingly little hard currency available in Germany after 1946.

The hastily themed temporary solution to not having any hard currency to spend at the shops when pretending to be deceased German citizens and resident?

Dis-Unification!

They decided to split Germanyh up into two. Some deluded psychological tethered mrorn then decided to make the map of "East Germany and West Germany" look like Sadie Einstein breast feeding her inbred baby that didn't exist, and never would.

They then decided to try to "get help" from my Grandfath ...