German food situation immediately before the war

German food situation immediately before the war 

German food situation immediately before the war 

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The files contain information about the shortage of food in Germany before the Second World war, and the situation of Germany's food supply in wartime. One week before the outbreak of the war, there was a lack of food (like meat, butter, eggs, fruit, vegetables and milk) in Berlin. On November 1939, nearly all the German newspapers emphasize the importance of the soya bean which is praised as a"miraculous foodstuf". Details and conditions for its production are given. The files also contain information on the dependency of Germany on foreign imports and its efforts to increase self-agricultural production in Germany and in the Baltic states, and to increase exports. The files also report on the food situation in Vienna in the Summer of 1939.