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FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS    Registration Statement No. 333-162195
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 Dated: November 22, 2010


Index Snapshot -- Deutsche Bank Balanced Currency Harvest (USD) Index

The Index Rules
The Index, recomposed every quarter, reflects the value of notional long and
short 3-month foreign exchange forward positions in certain foreign currencies
against the U.S. dollar. Positions are equally weighted.

Long Basket "The High Yielders"
  2 G-10 and 3 other highest yielding Eligible Currencies

Short Basket "The Low Yielders"
  2 G-10 and 3 other lowest yielding Eligible Currencies

Eligible Currencies*

G-10               Emerging Market
Australian Dollar  Brazilian Real
British Pound      Czech Koruna
Canadian Dollar    Hungarian Forint
Euro               Korean Won
Japanese Yen       Mexican Peso
New Zealand Dollar Polish Zloty
Norwegian Krone    Singapore Dollar
Swedish Krona      South African Rand
Swiss Franc        Taiwanese Dollar
U.S. Dollar        Turkish Lira

The Index Benefits

This index offers:

* The potential to invest in and benefit from a single strategy relating to
currencies.

* Exposure to ten G-10 and ten Emerging Market currencies.

* Long-term returns that provide diversification from traditional asset classes
such as equities and bonds.

* Automatic and rule-based quarterly rebalancing.


The Index Approach

* The DB Balanced Currency Harvest (USD) Index (the "Index") seeks to generate
returns by capturing the interest rate differential or "carry" between
diversified baskets of high-yielding and low-yielding currencies. See "The
Index Rules."

* The Index strategy is based on the view that foreign currency forward rates
are generally poor predictors of future foreign currency spot rates, and that
currencies that trade at a forward discount often outperform currencies that
trade at a forward premium.

* The strategy reflected in the Index takes the view that by taking long
positions in high-yielding currencies and short positions in low-yielding
currencies, an investor's gain from interest rate differentials in the
high-yielding jurisdictions will exceed any potential losses from currency rate
risk.


*as of November 22, 2010 -- the next scheduled recomposition is expected to
occur on December 15, 2010

The Index Composition (Index Currencies)*

Long Basket: Australian Dollar, Brazilian Real, New Zealand Dollar, South
African Rand and the Turkish Lira

Short Basket: Japanese yen, Singapore dollar, Swiss Franc, Taiwanese dollar and
the U.S. dollar

*as of November 22, 2010 -- the next scheduled recomposition is expected to
occur on December 15, 2010

The Index Strategy

* Every 3 months rank eligible currencies by their 3-month interest rates (See
"Eligible Currencies").

* Determine the Index Currencies based upon the Index Rules.

* Transact 3-month currency forward trades in those Index Currencies.


Deutsche Bank AG has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offering to which
this snapshot relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in
that registration statement and the other documents relating to such offering
that Deutsche Bank AG has filed with the SEC for more complete information
about Deutsche Bank AG and the offering. You may obtain these documents without
cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively,
Deutsche Bank AG, any agent or any dealer participating in the offering will
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term sheet and this snapshot if you so request by calling toll-free
1-800-311-4409. The Deutsche Bank Balanced Currency Harvest (USD) Index is an
intellectual property of Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Bank Balanced Currency
Harvest (USD) Index is a trade mark of Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Bank AG
reserves all the rights, including copyright, to the Index.

 
 

 
 


Index Snapshot -- Deutsche Bank Balanced Currency Harvest (USD) Index

The above charts are for illustrative purposes only and do not purport to
predict future performance of the Index or securities relating to the Index.

The Index was launched on December 19, 2005. The currencies comprising the
Index at particular dates in the above graphs are extremely likely to be
different from the currencies comprising the Index on or after the date of this
snapshot.

Past performance -- including any performance based on retrospective
calculations -- is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Risk Considerations

* THE RISK OF INVESTING IN CURRENCIES CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL -- The prices of the
currencies which comprise the Index may be affected by numerous market factors,
including events in the equity markets, the bond market and the foreign
exchange market, fluctuations in interest rates, and world economic, political
and regulatory events. A rise in the value of one currency may be offset by a
fall in the value of one or more of the other currencies comprising the Index.

* STRATEGY RISK -- The strategy reflected in the Index takes the view that by
taking long positions in high-yielding currencies and short positions in
low-yielding currencies, an investor's gain from interest rate differentials in
the high-yielding jurisdictions will exceed any potential losses from currency
rate risk. The Index Sponsor provides no assurance that this expectation is or
will remain valid. Various market factors and circumstances at any time and
over any period could cause and have in the past caused investors to become
more risk averse to high-yielding currencies. Such risk aversion is greater
with respect to the non-G10 currencies, which may be volatile and subject to
large fluctuations, devaluations, exchange controls and inconvertibility, which
would negatively affect the value of the Index and securities relating to this
snapshot.

* GAINS IN COMPONENTS OF THE INDEX MAY BE OFFSET BY LOSSES IN OTHER INDEX
COMPONENTS -- The Index is composed of multiple currency positions and
therefore a positive return in one position may be offset, in whole or in part,
by a negative return of a lesser, equal or greater magnitude in another
position, resulting in an aggregate Index return equal to or less than zero.

* CURRENCY MARKETS MAY BE HIGHLY VOLATILE -- Currency markets may be highly
volatile, particularly in relation to emerging or developing nations'
currencies and, in certain market conditions, also in relation to developed
nations' currencies. Significant changes, including changes in liquidity and
prices, can occur in such markets within very short periods of time. Foreign
currency rate risks include, but are not limited to, convertibility risk and
market volatility and potential interference by foreign governments through
regulation of local markets, foreign investment or particular transactions in
foreign currency. These factors may affect the values of the components
reflected in the Index and the value of securities relating to this snapshot in
varying ways, and different factors may cause the values of the Index
components and the volatility of their prices to move in inconsistent
directions at inconsistent rates.

* LEGAL AND REGULATORY RISKS -- Legal and regulatory changes could adversely
affect currency rates. In addition, many governmental agencies and regulatory
organizations are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of
market emergencies. It is not possible to predict the effect of any future
legal or regulatory action relating to currency rates, but any such action
could cause unexpected volatility and instability in currency markets with a
substantial and adverse effect on the performance of the Index and,
consequently, the value of securities relating to this snapshot.

* THE CURRENCY PRICES REFLECTED IN THE INDEX ARE SUBJECT TO EMERGING MARKETS'
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RISKS -- The Index components include currencies of
emerging market countries, which are more exposed to the risk of swift
political change and economic downturns than their industrialized counterparts.
Indeed, in recent years, many emerging market countries have undergone
significant political, economic and social change. In many cases, far- reaching
political changes have resulted in constitutional and social tensions and, in
some cases, instability and reactions against market reforms. With respect to
any emerging or developing nation, there is the possibility of nationalization,
expropriation or confiscation, political changes, government regulation and
social instability. There can be no assurance that future political changes
will not adversely affect the economic conditions of an emerging or developing
market nation. Political or economic instability is likely to have an adverse
effect on the performance of the Index, and, consequently, the return on
securities relating to this snapshot.