This had the effect of driving nearly all commerce underground, where black market prices for commodities were the norm, and nothing existed on store shelves.
However by the end of the war the oversupply of banknotes and coins (in 1933, in 1945) became obvious, openly showing up in inflated black market prices.
Corruption was rife in the area, and, though the black market prices were desperately high, you could bribe soldiers for meagre supplies, residents said.