PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMonthly ration in Poland, early 1980slemmy.worldimagemessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down15
arrow-up1527arrow-down1imageMonthly ration in Poland, early 1980slemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square178fedilink
minus-squareAggravationstationlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 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-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 hours agoThis was the USSR. They didn’t pay for this.
minus-squareAggravationstationlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·36 minutes 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/