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Ration cards and rules on housing hit romance hard in divided Berlin
In postwar Berlin four occupation sectors Russian American British and French govern living rules delaying romances. Couples face mutual ration card sharing and housing constraints, forcing marriages to align with sector borders. A German bookkeeper woman faces a three-room limit issue as she seeks to move sectors for work while keeping ration and lodging parity.
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