The Iron Cross No Longer Succumbs to Ten Thousand Words

Suppose you are the Prime Minister of a defeated European country. The once prosperous city was in ruins, and the roads were completely destroyed, making transportation impossible. Hundreds of thousands of people died of hunger and cold, 5 million young men died in the war, and more than 20 million people were displaced. The country is occupied by the Allied forces, all industries are paralyzed, and the Russians want to take away all your industrial equipment. Faced with such a decision, how do you rise again? You stand in front of the ruins of Cologne, hearing the cries of orphans and the sighs of old people... How do you break the situation?