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,
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.
Pewex
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Pewex was a chain of hard-currency shops founded in 1972, during the Communist era in Poland that accepted payment only in the United States dollar and other hard currencies, instead of the country's
Intershop
…photographer, Günter Schneider, collected numerous photos of Intershops while working on a larger report about the transit corridors in East Germany. Pewex; Polish counterpart Beryozka; Soviet counterpart…
A mural in Łódź depicting the company logo
A Pewex shop
Pekao checks were used in Pewex shops. This is an example of a US$0.02 note.
Former Pewex warehouse in Podolany, Poznań.