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Sausages and Mushrooms with Vinegar. East Germany Paid in Kind for Japanese Mazda 323s

Summary by iDNES.cz
Few fragments of history illustrate the achievements of the socialist economy as well as the story of the Mazda 323, which was chosen as the car for the elite in the German Democratic Republic in the 1980s. They wanted modern cars, but they had no hard currency. The problem of the lack of hard currency was solved by the comrades in an original way.
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Few fragments of history illustrate the achievements of the socialist economy as well as the story of the Mazda 323, which was chosen as the car for the elite in the German Democratic Republic in the 1980s. They wanted modern cars, but they had no hard currency. The problem of the lack of hard currency was solved by the comrades in an original way.

·Čestlice, Czechia
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iDNES.cz broke the news in Čestlice, Czechia on Saturday, July 5, 2025.
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