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Corecom was a chain of hard-currency stores during the communist rule in Bulgaria. Goods were often priced cheaper than in the West; however, they were still inaccessible for most Bulgarians because t
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Intershop
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Intershop was a chain of government-owned and operated retail stores in the German Democratic Republic from 1962 until 1990 in which only hard currencies could be used to purchase high-quality goods,
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…not authorised to possess foreign currency ran the risk of investigation by the authorities. The stores operated on the same principle as East German Intershops, Czechoslovak Tuzex, or Polish Pewex stores. In addition to major Western currencies, such as US dollars, Corecom stores also accepted foreign exchange…
The Intershop in Berlin Friedrichstraße underground train station, accessible from West Berlin only, c. 1990, the only one with shop windows. East German books, as on display here, were not sold in normal Intershop stores.