Shortages of 1945 and the West Pomeranian ideas to overcome them. The question of the 'Berlin Purchases' Cover Image

Niedobory roku 1945 i zachodniopomorskie pomysły na ich przezwyciężanie. Sprawa „berlińskich zakupów”
Shortages of 1945 and the West Pomeranian ideas to overcome them. The question of the 'Berlin Purchases'

Author(s): Katarzyna Rembacka
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: West Pomerania; shortages; commerce; profiteering; currency; misappropriation; border; Berlin; Szczecin; motorisation; 1945

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the question of the post-war purchases made by Polish clerks in Berlin. The intention behind those purchases was to fill the gap on the Polish market, especially as far as cars are concerned. The mechanism of those purchases was described, together with the originators and participants and the offices and services that took part in the action or controlled it. The article also contains an appraisal of that action and depicts its scale.

  • Issue Year: 34/2019
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 69-88
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish