""I recall ... an old farmer of German extraction named John Wirth. He actually knew about #creditunions from his contact with #Raiffeisen banks in his early manhood in the old country. He spoke very well of his experiences and I had the too rare privilege of being a listener. ... He told how, in the German credit unions, "a man's security was most generally his *unencumbered manhood*."

#RoyBergengren, 1949

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