Rationing the immediate post-war period, rationing was in place until 1948. Shortages of food products were common in Poland at that time, but food rations also served another purpose. Cards were unevenly distributed by the Communist authorities—leading udarniks, known in Poland as "przodownicy pracy", were entitled to as much as 3700 calories daily, while some white-collar workers received as little as 600 calories a day. Rationing covered more than food products. From April 1952 to January 1953 and from August 1976 to November 1985 ration stamps were introduced for shoes, cigarettes, sugar, sweets, liquor, soap, baby diapers, tires, and cars. From
26th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 26th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) The 26th Infantry Division () was a pre-World War II German Infantry Division of the 1st mobilisation wave ("1. Welle"). It was mobilised for World War II on September 26, 1939, disbanded on September 10, 1944, near Radom and reformed as the 26th Volksgrenadier Division ("26. Volksgrenadier-Division") on September 17, 1944, near Poznań by absorption of the new 582nd Volksgrenadier Division of the 32nd mobilisation wave ("32. Welle"). Remnants of the Division entered U.S. captivity in the Harz region in 1945. The 26th Infantry Division spent the early war years on the Western Front, taking part