@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 2 days agoMonthly ration in Poland, early 1980simagemessage-square206arrow-up1565arrow-down15
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-218 hours agoI don’t think you got this for free, it was probably just the maximum you could buy of any of these items in a month. That’s how war time rationing worked in the UK.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•15 hours agoThis was the USSR. They didn’t pay for this.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•13 hours agoApparently you’re incorrect: https://polishhistory.pl/a-ration-card-for-survival-rationing-in-communist-poland/ To buy sugar, cigarettes, shoes, petrol and many other goods they needed not only money, but also special coupons.
I don’t think you got this for free, it was probably just the maximum you could buy of any of these items in a month. That’s how war time rationing worked in the UK.
This was the USSR. They didn’t pay for this.
Apparently you’re incorrect: https://polishhistory.pl/a-ration-card-for-survival-rationing-in-communist-poland/