Word: vacuums
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Christmas the reliable Swiss news paper Die Neue Zürcher Zeitung noted that Germans were buying vacuum cleaners, kitchen utensils, lamps, radio sets, suit cases, purses, wallets out of all proportion to their past needs. Economics Minister Dr. Walther Funk publicly complained that people were investing their money in bathtubs. Last week an official anti-hoarding campaign began as stories were circulated of a woman who bought six electric carpet sweepers, of others who collected copper coins, fur coats, oriental rugs...