State ration card F2 allowed to buy food fats. The card is dated March 1949. Rationing started in autumn 1939, and using cards became a part of daily life for the civilians. At best, a consumer could have fifty different ration cards. Rations were defined according to the physical strain of a citizen’s work. The government strived to cater to the needs of pregnant women and adolescents. Meat and potatoes were released from rationing in 1947; bread grain, milk, butter, soap, textiles and shoes in 1949. Sugar and coffee were the last ones on the list in 1954.
State ration card F2 allowed to buy food fats. The card is dated March 1949. Rationing started in autumn 1939, and using cards became a part of daily life for the civilians. At best, a consumer could have fifty different ration cards. Rations were defined according to the physical strain of a citizen’s work. The government strived to cater to the needs of pregnant women and adolescents. Meat and potatoes were released from rationing in 1947; bread grain, milk, butter, soap, textiles and shoes in 1949. Sugar and coffee were the last ones on the list in 1954.
